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A FORMER teacher jailed for draining her ailing mother’s savings has been ordered to make a £13,995 crime proceeds compensation payment.

CRIME proceeds inquiries are underway to consider the means of a woman jailed for “pilfering” more than £90,000 from her ailing mother.

Teacher jailed at Durham Crown Court for defrauding mother's savings by £92,000 A WOMAN committed the “highest breach of trust”, “pilfering” more than £90,000 from her ailing mother, a court heard. Lucie Davis was granted power of attorney over her now late mother, Valerie North’s affairs, when she was admitted to a care home. But the highly-respected teacher and mother-of-three used her own mother’s account for family spending, leaving insufficient funds to pay her care home fees. Durham Crown Court heard she was able to pay some money back, but then lapsed back into sp...

Woman who admitted £92k theft from mother after she went into care to be sentenced at Durham Crown Court, next month A WOMAN has admitted stealing more than £92,000 from her ageing mother, over whose affairs she had power of attorney, after she was admitted to a care home. But Lucie Davis claims some of that sum was for her mother, Valerie North’s benefit, including adaptations to their home, believing she would at some stage be able to return to live there, and for a new car so they could take her on day trips. Davis and husband Peter were originally jointly charged with theft of �...