Gordon Stewart was put in charge of his mother’s finances but used her account as his personal piggy bank
A lowlife son stole £2000 from his 95-year-old mum as she battled dementia, leaving her without enough food or heating in her home.
Stewart appeared at Edinburgh Sheriff Court on Wednesday and admitted carrying out a fraudulent scheme by using his mother’s money for himself when she didn’t have the capacity to consent. Mary would go without bread for a week, the court heard, so her carer would buy her “essentials” out of their own pocket.The court heard a carer found the pensioner “wrapped in a blanket and housecoat on top of her clothes” while the house was “freezing cold”.Social workers were alerted and Mary’s funds were re-arranged to give her £50-a-week to give her “some financial freedom”.
Ms Koren said doctors assessed Mary and found she had “extremely poor short-term memory and did not know who was managing her money”.
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