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06 Dec 09
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A woman who stole £41,000 from her 95-year-old war hero great-uncle has been ordered to pay back just £5.
Hayley Price, 42, of Blaenavon, Torfaen, cooked and cleaned for D-Day veteran Arthur Edwards, while writing herself 154 fraudulent cheques.
She was given a year's jail, suspended for two years, at an earlier hearing at Cardiff Crown Court.
A proceeds of crime hearing was subsequently told all the money has been spent and Price had no assets.
Judge David Wynn Morgan ruled that Price must repay £5 to Mr Edwards by next week.
He had previously told her: "You did a wicked, wicked thing."
Price's trial heard she went shopping for her frail uncle and visited him every day for 11 years.
He will never see his money again and the fact that a member of his own family stole from him is very sad.
Niece Jayne Edwards
The court was told that during a police interview, she said: "I was greedy and had Christmas coming. I hold my hands up to it. I thought I could get away with it."
The jury heard that all the money was spent on herself, her son and her dog.
She admitted 12 counts of forgery.
Mr Edwards, a corporal in the South Wales Borderers, won the Kings Medal for Gallantry for saving the life of a doctor during the D-Day landings in World War II.
After the proceeds of crime hearing on Wednesday, Mr Edwards' family said it had been a "very difficult time" for the veteran soldier who now lives in a care home.
His niece Jayne Edwards said: "He will never see his money again and the fact that a member of his own family stole from him is very sad.
"I'm disappointed for my uncle that the system doesn't allow for him to get the money back."
Hayley Price, 42, of Blaenavon, Torfaen, cooked and cleaned for D-Day veteran Arthur Edwards, while writing herself 154 fraudulent cheques.
She was given a year's jail, suspended for two years, at an earlier hearing at Cardiff Crown Court.
A proceeds of crime hearing was subsequently told all the money has been spent and Price had no assets.
Judge David Wynn Morgan ruled that Price must repay £5 to Mr Edwards by next week.
He had previously told her: "You did a wicked, wicked thing."
Price's trial heard she went shopping for her frail uncle and visited him every day for 11 years.
He will never see his money again and the fact that a member of his own family stole from him is very sad.
Niece Jayne Edwards
The court was told that during a police interview, she said: "I was greedy and had Christmas coming. I hold my hands up to it. I thought I could get away with it."
The jury heard that all the money was spent on herself, her son and her dog.
She admitted 12 counts of forgery.
Mr Edwards, a corporal in the South Wales Borderers, won the Kings Medal for Gallantry for saving the life of a doctor during the D-Day landings in World War II.
After the proceeds of crime hearing on Wednesday, Mr Edwards' family said it had been a "very difficult time" for the veteran soldier who now lives in a care home.
His niece Jayne Edwards said: "He will never see his money again and the fact that a member of his own family stole from him is very sad.
"I'm disappointed for my uncle that the system doesn't allow for him to get the money back."
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I wonder what the rest of her family think of her.
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but the judge needs his ass kicked.
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Could have ordered she pay back £1000 per week but what difference would t make? He still wouldn't get the money
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should have put her down for a yr or more
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Should have put her down.
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justice system is truly fvcked up...fkn chav ** shoulda been roasted alive..
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What a terrible story.
I hope she never has a wink of sleep again. |
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She lives in Blaenavon ffs
punishment enough |
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Send her to Afgahnistan or something imo
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How about tipping up all her wages each week.
Then a public humilation, made to wander the town all day with a sign saying "I steal from war-heroes". A couple of years in jail. Community sevice every weekend looking after the elderly when she got out. Britains gone so soft!! |
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bloody british people. living here. stealing our money. taking jobs from the hard-working immigrants. send em all back to the womb i say.
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Surely making her do community service at her nearest army base would have been a start. 6,833 hours worth (£6 an hour). Wipe the smug smile off her face. Army could give the old man his money back weekly.
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and now the tax-payer will have to stump up the cost of the nursing home rather than from his £41k
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I wonder how much she has stolen from the taxpayer legally via the benefits system.
Crime pays! |