Nasty cleaner caught stealing on CCTV after lying that victim, 85, had dementia

A heartless cleaner stole cash from an 85-year-old woman with terminal cancer and tried to trick the victim's family into believing she had dementia and was "losing her money".

Julie Baldwin, 47, from Anlaby, East Yorkshire, had known the victim's family for years and was deeply trusted when she was hired to work for them.

When CCTV proved Baldwin was behind the crime, the victim's family was horrified because they believed they'd had a "close" relationship with the culprit.

In the clip, shared with Hull Live, Baldwin is rifling around a bedroom and finds the victim's handbag.

With her back to the camera, she digs out a purse, pockets the money for herself, then replaces the purse in the handbag and leaves the room.

Baldwin, of Grimston Road, confessed in court to stealing £200 cash from Barbara Woolston's purse on her bedside table while being hired to clean for her.

She was charged with theft by employee for the offence committed on December 12, 2019, at Beverley Magistrates' Court, which she admitted.

The victim's granddaughter, Katie, told Hull Live after the court hearing: "My nana had started to tell us that she was losing her money, and on occasions, Julie had told me that she thought my nana was losing her memory because she kept misplacing all of her money.

"At this point, we thought my nana had the onset of dementia as it was becoming more regular that she was 'losing' her money, until we realised that it was a pattern.

"When my family was speculating that they thought it was Julie who was stealing the money I stuck up for her and told them that Julie wouldn’t do this to Nana, we were too close to Julie for her to do anything like that."

Katie added: "My nana is very vulnerable, she was 85 when it happened and for someone to use the fact that she's got dementia to say that she doesn't know what she's on about is hurtful and disgusting.

"I don't know how anybody could steal from an elderly person given the circumstances she was in."

The defendant was given a £595 fine and a 14-week community order as well as 12 rehabilitation days.

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