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A finance worker has been found guilty of fraud after frittering away her grandmother's savings on fast food and games - before suggesting the OAP was a 'big eater' in a desperate attempt to shift the blame.
Amanda Farr, 47, defrauded 91-year-old Joyce Hutchings out of £24,069 by siphoning her cash into her own account.
She then wasted it on takeaways at JustEat and McDonald's, as well as on websites such as iTunes and the Playstation Store.
Farr claimed the 130 transactions between December 2017 and September 2019 - which also included William Hill bets and an Amsterdam holiday - were consensual and designed to benefit the whole family.
When trying to explain in court where the unaccounted money had gone, Farr pointed the finger at Ms Hutchings, claiming she was a 'big eater' of oriental cuisine.
Amanda Farr, 47, of Whitstable, Kent, defrauded her 91-year-old grandmother Joyce Hutchings out of £24,069 by siphoning her cash into her own account
Farr claimed the financial arrangement was above-board, with much of the money spent on her grandmother who 'liked her food'.
She claimed Ms Hutchings could spend up to £20 a week on sugary treats, £180 sending her pet to 'dog school' and would shell out £35 a time to have the animal walked.
The defendant told jurors during her trial the family who all lived at the same house in Whistable, Kent, pitched money into 'one pot', while she was tasked with managing the purse-strings.
But the former finance worker said she was ill-equipped to
