Lying Brierley Hill care home manager jailed for fiddling will of 85-year-old resident in £130k fraud
The former manager of a Brierley Hill care home where a dying resident's will was forged and money stolen from her bank account has been jailed for her crimes.
Jamiel Slaney-Summers, aged 65, and co-owners Lyn and Graham Walker, aged 71 and 74, were previously found guilty of abusing their position by defrauding resident Rita Barnsley after the 85-year-old's will was changed before she died in August 2021, resulting in her £178,000 estate being defrauded.
Slaney-Summers was also found guilty of stealing £6,000 from the victim, who was living at Amberley Care Home in Brierley Hill, by using her bank cards to withdraw cash.
Sentencing Slaney-Summers at Wolverhampton Crown Court on Friday Judge John Butterfield KC said the former care home manager had told "lies" in a vain bid to cover her tracks after a cousin of the victim "smelt a rat" and raised concerns about exactly what was happening to Ms Barnsley when they had difficulties contacting her.
Judge Butterfield said: "It is no coincidence that the defendant left her employment. She sanctimoniously dressed up her true motivation.
