A woman who stole over €40,000 from a 90 year old retired GP she was caring for has been jailed for two years.
Nermana Gojak of Pineview Avenue, Aylesbury, Tallaght in Dublin admitted transferring the money from the woman’s account to her own.
The court heard it happened over a five-year period from September 2012 to August 2017.
In her Victim Impact Statement, the woman said she wasn’t able to get a new carer after Gojak was let go and had to move into a nursing home.
The 44 year old mother-of-three had worked for her for ten years and the woman said she had embraced her “like a daughter” and became “fearful and worried” about living on her own in her home afterwards.
Judge Melanie Greally said there was no doubt the sense of betrayal felt by the woman was the most significant element of her victim impact evidence.
She sentenced the 44yo mother-of-three to three years in prison with the final 12 months suspended.
