A heartless Paisley carer has been slammed by a sheriff after she was caught in a CCTV sting stealing money from an OAP’s purse.
Chelsi McCormick, 26, nicked £40 from a 89-year-old girl who she was caring for.
Deceitful McCormick distracted the “susceptible” girl and stole from her purse when she wasn’t wanting.
After suspecting that the employed carer was stealing from the aged sufferer, the household arrange CCTV within the girl’s house in Marchbank Gardens, Paisley, to catch the shameless criminal within the act.
On Friday at Paisley Sheriff Courtroom, Sheriff Eoin McGinty slammed McCormick’s behaviour as he gave her a non-custodial sentence.
He stated: “Society is revolted by this behaviour the place you have been in paid employment and also you took benefit of a susceptible individual you have been purported to be taking care of who was then 89 years previous.
“A custodial sentence could be extremely applicable and justified.”
The sheriff added: “I watched the CCTV and I noticed the informal manner you took the cash, this was opportunistic.
“You distracted this girl, you went in to her purse and took £40.
“Till I had these (background) reviews this morning that he referred to as for, I used to be solely contemplating a custodial sentence.”
McCormick, of Morar Drive, additionally admitted assaulting PC Gary Diver by trying to kick him within the city’s Oliphant Crescent on Could 4, 2019.
Sheriff McGinty took a step again from custody and imposed a neighborhood payback order.
McCormick was positioned beneath supervision of the social work division for 2 years and ordered to hold out 180 hours of unpaid work throughout the neighborhood inside 12 months.
The disgraced carer was additionally ordered to put on a tag for 4 months, holding her inside her house deal with from 7pm to 7am every day.
McCormick was warned by Sheriff McGinty that if she breaches the order, he could have no choice however to think about jail.
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