Taylor Harwood-Bellis wants to stay at Southampton next season if they earn promotion to the Premier League.
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A woman stole £18,000 from her step-dad as he was in hospital - then spent it on hundreds of Amazon parcels.
Stacey Smith, 27, had gone into her unsuspecting victim's flat with her younger brother and taken his card. Smith went on to create fake Amazon accounts and made 241 orders using his card, getting them delivered to her address in Middleton.
She ordered a number of items including an iPhone, a flat screen TV and a fridge freezer. The thefts took place over a period of 10 weeks, whilst the man was in hospital following a collapse. In total, £18,373.54 was taken.
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Smith pleaded guilty to fraud by false presentation, and was today handed a suspended sentence. She had previously told the police that the man had been abusive to her when she was a child, adding: “I took it out on him when he was at his weakest, I should not have done it.”
Manchester Crown Court heard that the man was her former stepfather, who had not seen her since she was 11. In June 2021 he collapsed at his home in Stoke-on-Trent, and was later diagnosed with a form of dementia.
In September he was deemed fit to be discharged, and upon returning home, he discovered that his Halifax bank card was missing. One of his neighbours later informed him that they’d seen a ‘large female’ coming in and out of the house with his son.
“The victim used to be married to [this defendant’s] mother, but had divorced about 10 years ago,” prosecutor Geoff Lowe said. “He hadn’t seen, heard or spoken to this defendant for around 11 years. She was later taken into foster care.”
The court heard that the
Taylor Harwood-Bellis wants to stay at Southampton next season if they earn promotion to the Premier League.
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