Fraudulent carer jailed for stealing £300,000

A “merciless” carer who stole nearly £300,000 from a vulnerable 102-yearold woman has been jailed for nine years.

Julie Sayles, 59, of Bridlington, East Yorks, took advantage of “frugal” Edith Negus after discovering she had saved a “considerable fortune”.

Sayles bought two houses with the money and wrote herself into a new will in which most of Ms Negus’s remaining assets were left to her.

A jury at Hull Crown Court took around two hours to find her guilty of fraud by abuse of position, buying properties with the proceeds of crime, making a fraudulent will and presenting it to a solicitor.