Avon and Somerset Police said on 11 November 2026 that Amy Bassett, 33, of St Georges Road, Keynsham, was sentenced to 52 months in prison at Bristol Crown Court on Friday 6 November. She admitted one count of dwellin…
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Avon and Somerset Police said on 11 November 2026 that Amy Bassett, 33, of Keynsham, was sentenced to 52 months in prison at Bristol Crown Court on Friday 6 November. She admitted one count of dwelling theft and three counts of fraud by false representation. Police said Bassett was a care worker at the time and targeted elderly women with severe dementia between January and December 2024. She stole from a Bath property vacated by a 100-year-old woman who had moved into care, tried to pay a fraudulent cheque for a significant amount into a bank account (the bank stopped it), and fraudulently opened a credit card account in that woman's name, with repayments taken from the woman's own bank account. At a care home in Bath and North East Somerset, the engagement and wedding rings of a woman in her late seventies with advanced dementia were removed without consent and sold at a pawnbroker. Victims are not named.
Avon and Somerset Police said Amy Bassett, who was a care worker at the time, admitted one count of dwelling theft and three counts of fraud by false representation and was sentenced at Bristol Crown Court on Friday 6 November 2026 to 52 months in prison. The force published the announcement on 11 November. The court heard that she targeted elderly women with severe dementia, including taking sentimental items and opening a card or using a cheque in a victim's name.
Families who employ or rely on carers should review bank statements, card activity and valuable items regularly, and report suspected abuse to the police and to the local adult safeguarding team. A genuine care worker will not need to take a client's bank card or cheque book home.
Avon and Somerset Police news release, 11 November 2026 (10:51 UK time): https://www.avonandsomerset.police.uk/news/2026/11/woman-jailed-for-defrauding-dementia-sufferers/
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