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Cruel Wythenshawe care worker who prised wedding rings from sleeping dementia sufferer is jailed

Guilty - sallymurphyA worker at a Wythenshawe care home who prised wedding rings from a dementia-suffering pensioner and pawned them for just £54 has been jailed for a year.

Sally Murphy, aged 37, of Saxholme Walk, Wythenshawe, pleaded guilty at Manchester Crown Court to stealing the rings from 88-year-old Joyce Reeves, when she was being cared for at Marion Lauder House residential care home in Woodhouse Park. The victim died several weeks after the thefts from an unrelated cause. Continue reading “Cruel Wythenshawe care worker who prised wedding rings from sleeping dementia sufferer is jailed”