Clare nursing home worker stole over €3,000 from 83-year-old resident

Thefts discovered after direct debit payments from resident's bank account to the nursing home bounced 'because there was no cash in the account', court heard

At Killaloe District Court sitting in Ennis, nursing home worker Lorraine Hennessy of Glor na Srutha, Clonlara, Co Clare, pleaded guilty to 22 theft charges concerning €3,011 between August 20 and October 5, 2020. Picture: Dan Linehan

There was no money to pay for care bills for an 83-year old nursing home resident — who had no visitors in two years — after a worker had stolen over €3,000 from his bank account, a court has heard.

At Killaloe District Court sitting in Ennis, nursing home worker Lorraine Hennessy avoided jail over the theft of €3,011 from Terrance Stevenson after Judge Alec Gabbett imposed a nine-month suspended prison term.