A court heard the 48-year-old former Manchester United star's words that were captured on police body cam footage after officers were called to an alleged row he had with Ms Greville at their home in Worsley, Greater Manchester, on November 1, 2020. Ms Greville’s younger sister Emma had called police to the house after Giggs allegedly headbutted Ms Greville in the lip. Giggs is also accused of elbowing Emma in the jaw during the argument and of controlling and coercive behaviour towards Ms Greville during their six-year relationship.
The greedy care home manager who stole £24,000 from residents to pay off her credit card and catalogue purchase debts
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A greedy care home boss stole thousands from vulnerable care home residents while staff kindly used their own low wages to provide for toiletries and haircuts, a court heard. Joanne Whalen, 51, took nearly £24,000 from residents, some of whom were suffering with dementia, Alzheimers, and Parkinsons in an effort to pay off her own large debts.
Her thieving was only discovered when a member of the care staff confided in a director of the home during an unannounced visit that they were 'worried' about some of the residents not having any money, and some staff had paid for essentials out of their own low wages. The director then confronted Whalen to show her the safe, where the money and financial records should have been kept, but she refused to. She was suspended as manager of the home within days.
Manchester Minshull Street court heard that these offences took place while she was managing Firs Hall Care Home in Failsworth over a three and a half year period. She has now been sent to jail for 18 months, with recorder Paul Hodgkinson telling her: "You should be thoroughly ashamed of yourself."
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The offending started in September 2017 when Damon Rourke put his father, Brian, into the home. Damon was told by Whalen that the cost of care was over £200 per week, with Damon paying extra for haircuts for his dad. Crucially, he was given receipts as a proof of the payments, prosecutor Andrew Mackintosh told the court.
A few months after this Damon received a letter from debt collectors saying he owed the home money, but he was instructed by Whalen to ignore this. However, he later received a letter from bailiffs for which Whalen said she would take care of it. But
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