Vile Wigan carer admits to stealing £22,000 from three of his vulnerable patients

A Wigan carer has admitted to fleecing three vulnerable people he was supposedly looking after out of more than £22,000 by bank card fraud.
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Michael Peet, 43, of Eccleston Street, Swinley, stood before borough justices to enter guilty pleas of making numerous fraudulent withdrawals using debit cards belonging to his named victims: two men and a woman.

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From one man he stole a total of £7,860, from the other he took £5,918 and from the woman he syphoned off £8,560.

The court heard the crimes took place between May 25 and August 31 last year.

Peet was released on unconditional bail until August 10 when he will be sentenced by a Bolton Crown Court judge.