Ipswich woman sentenced after using care home residents' bank cards

An Ipswich woman has been handed a suspended jail sentence after admitting to using care home residents' bank cards.

29 year old Sinead Burnett, from Morland Road, was given a six month suspended sentence, and will have to pay around £4300 in fines and costs after appearing at Ipswich Magistrates Court.

She admitted to one count of fraud, which took place at an Ipswich care home between December 2020 and February 2021. She used a bank card, spending £1741.65.

After talking to police on the Operation Converter team, she admitted to two further counts of fraud, from which she obtained around £1700.

Operation Converter is a Suffolk Police initiate which encourages people to admit to criminality, allowing them to start with a 'clean slate' after serving their sentence.

Duncan Etchells from the Op Converter team said:

“We were able to complete our work with Burnett after very lengthy, detailed financial investigations by the investigating officer which then allowed the team to obtained detailed admissions of her criminality.

“We hope this punishment acts as a deterrent to her and other carers tempted to steal from people put in their care and I hope this gives at least some reassurance to the victims, their families and the wider community that Suffolk police will always use all investigative tactics to bring offenders such as Burnett to the courts."

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