Nurse stole £750k from 99-year-old woman for cosmetic surgery and home improvements
The panel said Rebecca Louise Burwood abused her position of trust, with more than £370,000 taken from the resident’s account and cash withdrawals at ATMs.
- The Nursing and Midwifery Council struck off nurse Rebecca Louise Burwood for stealing more than £750,000 from a vulnerable 99-year-old resident at Bryn Yr Haul Care Home, finding her actions constituted "sustained, calculated" theft.
- Burwood, the former deputy manager at the Mold, Flintshire care home, manipulated the resident into total reliance between 2017 and 2023, coercing her into transferring ownership of her £400,000 property and obtaining lasting power of attorney.
- Evidence showed more than £370,000 left the resident's account over five years, including £160,000 from ATM withdrawals, while Burwood allegedly used funds for home improvements, utility bills, and a £20,000 car and £9,000 campervan.
- North Wales Police dropped their investigation after the resident declined to complain, but Flintshire County Council referred the matter to the NMC on 9 June 2023 following reports of coerced signatures and financial abuse.
- Defense representative Victoria Rees claimed the resident voluntarily provided bank cards for charity donations, but the tribunal rejected this explanation, citing manipulation and coercion before imposing a permanent striking-off order.
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Nurse who took £770k from 'vulnerable and lonely' 99-year-old is struck off
A nurse who took £770,000 from a "vulnerable and lonely" 99-year-old woman and spent the money on vehicles and home improvements has been struck off.Rebecca Burwood exploited the elderly woman between 2017 and 2023 while working as deputy manager at Bryn Yr Haul Care Home in Mould, North Wales, a tribunal found.Ms Burwood secured lasting power of attorney (LPA) over the woman's property and financial affairs on May 5 2018, reportedly without inf…
A nurse from Wales has been suspended for stealing money from a very elderly woman in a care home for years. It involved many hundreds of thousands of pounds, which she used to pay for cosmetic procedures and renovate her house, among other things. According to the BBC, Rebecca Louise Burwood swindled £750,000 from the victim over a period of six years, equivalent to nearly €900,000. The victim is a 99-year-old woman. She has since passed away.…
Nurse swindled £750,000 from 99-year-old and spent it on cosmetic surgery
Registered nurse Rebecca Louise Burwood 'used emotional blackmail, manipulation and coercion' to take the six-figure sum from a woman she called 'nanna'. She was struck by a Nursing and Midwifery Council fitness to practise committee.
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