An NHS business consultant has been spared jail after conning his dementia-stricken mother out of almost 50,000 to pay off his gambling debts.
Gary Evans, 57, persuaded his mother Eileen to give him power of attorney in 2016 so he could look after her assets while she was living in a care home and her health was deteriorating.
Instead, Evans – also a former nurse – defrauded her of 47, 800 to fuel his gambling addiction, Maidstone Crown Court heard.
The fraud was exposed after unpaid care home bills for Eileen, who has since passed away, began to pile up.
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As the debt grew, the care home referred …
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