'Greedy' carer spent thousands on spree after stealing from woman with Parkinson's
dailystar.co.ukLiverpool Echo reports.Brimage spent the money on Amazon, eBay and PayPal, stealing from her victim more than 300 times and flagrantly using her own name and email address to make the purchases.During a hearing at Liverpool Crown Court yesterday (Tuesday, March 8) Brimage said she "couldn't stop" and "just kept on spending" the money of her victim, who was housebound.When a victim impact statement was read in court, Brimage was brought to tears.Paul Blasbery, prosecuting, said: "The victim said she placed a lot of trust in Nicola.
She liked her, respected her, and appreciated the things she had done for her. When she found out Nicola had stolen all this money from her, she was devastated."She thought she could trust Nicola and her other carers.
She was embarrassed she had been taken for a fool by someone who took advantage of her vulnerability."Mr Blasbery added: "She said she once lent Nicola £50, when she said she was short of cash.
Instead of appreciating the gesture, she took advantage of her."Quoting the victim, he told the court: "If Nicola had needed money she just had to ask me.
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