Daughter stole disabled mother’s savings to buy ‘basics’ including an iPad before faking a burglary to cover her ‘betrayal’

A daughter who stole her disabled mother’s savings to buy ‘basics’ for her new home, including an iPad and a washing machine, has been jailed.  Kerry Blenkinsopp, 34, stole a total of £2,600 from her mother Rosina, who was saving the money for adaptations to her home, which  she needed after suffering a stroke and being confined to a wheelchair.  When the devious daughter was rumbled, she said she spent the money on ‘basics’ for her new home – a £200 iPad, cooker, washing machine and a car.  Teesside Crown Court yesterday heard Blenkinsopp stole from a safe under a bed and helped herself to £800 because she wanted to move out and furnish her home.