Carer stole over €30k from widow with dementia

A carer for an elderly lady will be sentenced later at Dublin Circuit Criminal Court after she stole over é30,000 from the retired school teacher.

Alison Wilkins (48), a Dublin mother of four, had access to Rita Keogh’s debit card and PIN number after the accused endeared herself to the woman.

The court heard that Ms Keogh is a widow who suffers dementia. She was provided home help from a company that Wilkins worked with but would often have different carers from that firm attending to her.