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‘Cruel and unnecessary lie’: Craigavon carer jailed for ‘nasty’ £30k fraud on vulnerable house‑bound man

Belfast Crown and Magistrates' Courts at Laganside

A care worker who stole over £30,000 from a vulnerable, house-bound man over a five-year period was jailed today for the "nasty" offence. Nicola Beattie will spend a year in custody followed by a year on supervised licence for a charge of fraud by false representation. As she jailed the 47-year old from Gilpin Park in Craigavon, Judge Natalie Pinkerton told Beattie her offence involved "gas-lighting" and manipulatio...

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