Get the inside track on the big stories from Manchester courts with our weekly newsletter A woman squandered almost £6,000 from an elderly lady she was caring for, spending the money on alcohol, a court heard.
Cherise Fox, 36, began a relationship with 81-year-old Rita Shaw's grandson and was later to have a son with him, now 5. After befriending Rita, who was isolated due to the coronavirus pandemic last year, Fox began running errands for her and was later trusted to use her bank cards to buy groceries and place bets on her behalf, Minshull Street Crown Court heard.
Fox, of Blackley, was later found to have withdrawn payments of £200, £250 and £300 daily from the elderly lady's account. In an interview with the probation service she
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