Latest news in Yorkshire: April 02, 2019 05:56:22 PM
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A woman has been found guilty of “systematically abusing her position”
to steal more than £800,000 from vulnerable people in her care.
Dianna Turner, 53, defrauded residents of the Glastonbury Guest House in
Sheffield while she worked there between 2007 and 2016.
Her brothers Khalid, 59, and Waleed Rahman, 58, were found not guilty of
helping to launder the money.
Turner, of Ecclesfield, was convicted of two counts of fraud.
Glastonbury Guest House in Abbeyfield Road, owned by David Andrews,
provided supported living for people with mental health issues, learning
difficulties and problems with drink and drugs.
During a trial lasting more than three weeks, Sheffield Crown Court
heard Turner set up a series of standing orders from residents into
accounts in her control.
Jurors were told she also regularly made cash withdrawals from
residents’ accounts.
Prosecutor Tom Storey said that over nine years £363,446 was transferred
into the accounts and £453,404 was paid in in cash.
One resident was paying £943 per month into an account in the name of
Turner’s mother.
Jurors were told: “Dianna Turner took advantage of her position to
manipulate these vulnerable individuals and persuade them to set up
these standing orders in order to defraud them.”
The court heard she spent some of the money on a Range Rover Evoque with
a personalised registration plate – DI4NA T – and an Audi A3 for her
son.
Turner, who denied the offences, claimed she had set up the transfers at
the request of Mr Andrews.
It was alleged her brothers had allowed her to use accounts held in
their names to launder the money, however both men were acquitted of the
charge.
Turner was remanded into custody ahead of sentencing on 3 April.
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[tags theft, care, sheffield]
News source: bbc.co.uk