A carer who stole €20,000 from an elderly woman with terminal cancer and then claimed she burned the cash, has walked free from court. A carer who stole €20,000 from an elderly woman with terminal cancer and then claimed she burned the cash, has walked free from court. The court was told that Mrs Gallagher initially wrongly suspected her family of taking her life savings. Just days before her death, 76-year-old Mrs McLaughlin wrote a victim impact statement in which she referred to Gallagher as "evil." "Marjorie Gallagher preyed on me while I was ill and weak, I hope she gets what’s due to her.

Source: Irish Independent January 29, 2020 17:48 UTC