A 'DESPICABLE' care home boss has been jailed for stealing up to £25,000 meant for elderly residents.
Mum-of-three Joanne Whalen, 51, swiped the cash while junior staff used their own money to buy toiletries and clothing for those they were caring for at the home in Oldham.
One man paid £21,966 in cash to Whalen, of Droylsden Road, Manchester, over the course of a year in the belief it was for his elderly father's care fees at Firs Hall Care Home in Failsworth.
Whalen was jailed for 18 months at Manchester Minshull Street Crown Court after she admitted theft and fraud by abuse of position.
The court heard Whalen racked up £45,000 of debt through mortgage arrears, council tax bills, credit cards, and purchases from catalogues.
When arrested Whalen told police: "I've paid it all back what I had left I gave back." She said later said she had started to 'borrow' money earmarked for residents for more than a year as she was in debt.
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