A WOMAN from Young committed a “wicked and callous betrayal of trust” by using the power of attorney to defraud her 93-year-old mother of $79,000, a magistrate has found.
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Over a one-year period, Shirley Anne Henry, 64, fed her poker machine gambling addiction by draining her mother’s term deposit held at a credit union in violation of the terms of the power of attorney, Young Local Court heard on Tuesday.
“And if that was not enough, the offender’s criminal history shows this is not the first time she fraudulently availed herself of her mother’s money in the pursuit of gambling,” said magistrate Peter Dare SC.
Mr Dare gave Henry a head sentence of one year and nine months, with a non-parole period of nine months. Mr Dare rejected Henry’s claim her mother knew the money was being transferred from her account.
