CARER RAIDED BANK ACCOUNTS OF DYING VICTIMS
A CARE worker who stole the bank details of dying and disabled people so she could go shopping online has pleaded for forgiveness, writes Suzy Gibson.
Nisha Sudhera, 36, carried out the planned offences against 13 victims, aged between 45 and 101, while visiting their homes.
She also stole the banking identities of two work colleagues as she went on a £6,700 spending spree. She confessed to the offending and told the police: “I just kept getting away with it.”
In an open letter to her victims, Sudhera, said: “I will always be haunted by what I did. Words cannot express how disgusted I feel within myself that I committed such a cheap act.”
A DISGRACED care worker has written an apology letter to the vulnerable victims whose identities and banking details she stole.
Nisha Sudhera was sentenced for her crimes at Leicester Crown Court on Friday.
She used stolen details to fraudulently obtain £6,700 worth of goods online and attempted to get more.
The 36-year-old single motherof-two targeted 13 victims, aged between 45 and 101, in their own homes, while working as a care worker, and pinched banking details from the purses of two co-workers when she took on a similar role for another company.
Sudhera, who admitted her guilt, wrote an open letter to her victims, shown to the judge, in which she expressed deep regret.
The defendant is now facing a proceeds of crime hearing to arrange for the stolen £6,700 to be repaid to victims, or their surviving relatives, from the proceeds of the sale of her former matrimonial home in Wigston.
Extracts from Sudhera’s letter include: “I am writing you this letter today because I’m aware I affected you with committing a crime that should never have took place.
“I know that an apology will never be enough to make this better, but I want you to understand how extremely sorry I am that I hurt you and the company (Help at Home), causing you great distress and breaking the trust I built with the service users.
“I can assure you not all carers and service users are like me.
“Colleagues in Market Harborough are all fantastic workers and really care about how they treat and respect the elderly’s personal belongings.
“I want you to understand that I know how wrong what I did was.”
Sudhera also wrote: “Even though there is no justification for my actions, I was blinded by how easy it was to access personal card details to pay my debts and other living expenses off.
“I will always be haunted by what I did. This is out of character for me and this is the first crime I’ve
committed. Before working for Help at Home I was in a stable job working for Leicester City Council for over 11 years.
“Words cannot express how disgusted I feel within myself that I committed such a cheap act.”
Sudhera stated she acted in “desperation” when struggling with “lots of personal issues” and her mental health suffered.
She also said: “I’ve had frequent sleepless nights, feeling ashamed of myself and what I’ve done to these vulnerable families who trusted me to care for their parents and grandparents.
“I’ve learnt so much from this bad experience.
“I’ve lost a lot of respect in people’s eyes.”
She asked the victims and their families not to “punish or tarnish” other carers “for my shameful act”.
She said she would never be able to work with elderly people again and that she had “genuinely loved” her job as a community carer. Sudhera, who asked for the Crown Prosecution Service to pass her letter to the victims, or their families, said: “I hope one day you will be able to forgive me.
“I know this type of communication can be stressful for victims.
“However if there is anything you would like to say to me, or if you would like to confront me... I am willing to hear anything you have to say.”