A callous thief who shoved her disabled 74-year-old sufferer out of his wheelchair to rob him of £10 has been jailed for greater than three years. Lisa Carmichael focused her susceptible sufferer by posing as a carer then left him mendacity helpless on the bottom whereas she rummaged spherical his dwelling.
The drug addict gathered round £10 in unfastened change earlier than strolling previous him with the cash and leaving him unable to rise up off the ground. Graham Beer was finally capable of activate his group alarm and he was discovered nonetheless mendacity helpless on the bottom when cops arrived on the scene.
Dundee Sheriff Courtroom was informed it was the second time she had focused an aged man in the identical avenue within the house of lower than a fortnight. Sheriff Paul Brown jailed her for 40 months and added an extra 12 months supervised launch "with the intention to shield the general public from the danger of additional severe hurt."
The sheriff informed Carmichael: "These are severe offences towards susceptible victims, towards a background of an offending historical past, so there isn't any various to custody."
Carmichael, 39, from Dundee, admitted making an attempt to rob 80-year-old Robert Varney by taking his pockets from his trouser pocket on December 29, 2021. She admitted returning to Abbotsford Avenue on January 10, 2022, and attacking Mr Beer by coming into his property and knocking him from his wheelchair earlier than robbing him.
Fiscal depute Gavin Burton informed the courtroom: "The primary complainer is 80 and had identified the accused since final summer season. He had invited her in on a number of events. He was on a video name to his daughter when his buzzer went off, so he allowed entry to the shut, as a result of he thought it will be his ex-wife.
"He unlocked the door in the identical perception. The accused instantly got here in. He shouted at her to go away the tackle. He tried to push her out. She forcibly and repeatedly tried to seize his pockets from his again trouser pocket. She finally ceased her try and left. The complainer's daughter was on the video name all through."
Mr Burton mentioned Mr Beer had identified the accused for a number of weeks and had paid her beforehand to alter a lightbulb for him. She was seen pulling up exterior the property in a taxi.
Moments later, Mr Beer heard a knock on the door and Carmichael informed him: "It is your carer." Mr Burton mentioned: "He opened the door and realised it was the accused, fairly than his carer. He instructed her to go away and tried to close the door on her.
"She pushed via and barged previous, knocking him off his wheelchair and onto the ground as she did so. A neighbour heard a disturbance from the flat. She took roughly £10 in change from the property earlier than returning to the taxi she arrived in.
"The complainer was caught on the ground. He activated the group alarm and knowledgeable care employees what had occurred. Police arrived and located him nonetheless caught on the ground."
He was helped again into his wheelchair, and Carmichael was later traced at Ninewells Hospital in Dundee. She informed officers: "I am sorry for what I've finished."
Solicitor Ross Donnelly, defending, mentioned: "All I can do is reiterate how sorry she is in regards to the impact this offending has had on these two males. The drug habit she was affected by was so extreme she was unable to manage it and step away from this kind of offending.
"She has been capable of articulately categorical her personal disgust at herself and she or he is aware of the view society takes of people that exploit aged folks on this approach."
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