🔍 Shocking Scam Alert! A care home manager has been caught in an outrageous plot to steal £178k from an elderly resident. Jamiel Slaney-Summers, 65, along with accomplices Graham and Lyn Walker, manipulated the will of 85-year-old Rita Barnsley in their West Midlands care home, attempting to pocket most of her estate.
Rita’s estate included her £150k house and £28k in savings, all forged into a sham will. Presented just a day after Rita’s passing in 2021, the will falsely named Mrs Walker and Slaney-Summers as the primary heirs.
The fraudulent scheme came undone thanks to the sharp-eyed vigilance of Rita’s cousin, Verna Woolley, who spotted the discrepancies and alerted authorities. It turns out, Slaney-Summers also siphoned off £6k from Rita’s accounts, claiming it was spent on flowers and essentials, but she was found guilty of theft.
Today, justice was served as Slaney-Summers was sentenced to five-and-a-half years in prison. The Walkers await their sentencing once Graham Walker is released from hospital.
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