A ”cold and manipulative” carer who stole from a vulnerable man has been ordered to pay reparation. Terrence Alvyn Cooksley, 68, pleaded guilty to a charge of theft by a person in a special relationship and was ordered to pay $5000 reparation, a $2000 fine and $130 in court costs when he appeared in the Hawera District Court today. The charge was in relation to the theft of cash and assets from Stratford man Trevor McAnnalley who died in July 2016. McAnnalley’s daughter Dianna Marsh and her husband Eric Marsh were present in court and Eric Marsh was given the opportunity to read out a victim impact statement on behalf of the family. Visibly upset and angry, Marsh said Cooksley had caused hurt and distress to the family. ”This has broken our family … this will now be hurt carried for a lifetime, with only one form of peace left to us – to have unscrupulous, cold, manipulative people bought to task – to have this unconscionable act of betrayal bough to light and justice to be served.” Marsh said Cooksley was his father-in-law’s friend but also his carer. The relationship soon became a concern when McAnnalley’s relationship with his family started to become distant. They soon found out Cooksley had become power of attorney upon Cooksley’s instructions which meant they received no information about McAnnalley and they were unable to speak to him. Marsh said the family were not informed about McAnnalley’s ongoing health problems. ”Time went on and visits to dad were becoming very few. Next we knew Terry had put dad into a resthome.” Marsh said that a month before McAnnalley died, Cooksley told him he was holding a considerable amount of cash for him that was ”well in excess” of $10,000. Marsh said the family were not informed until after the day after McAnnalley died because they were not noted as the next of kin at the rest home. It was the funeral director who rang them to tell them about his death. ”Upon talking to the rest home, dad had been deteriorating for over three months of organ failure and pneumonia. The reason for not informing us was we were not next of kin.”
February 19, 2018
Royal Freemasons Ltd has had its Royal Freemasons Residential Aged Care Enterprise Agreement 2017 application approved by Fair Work Commissioner Gregory in Melbourne on 16 February 2018.
February 19, 2018
Andrea Coote is to continue as Chair of the Aged Care Quality Advisory Council.
February 19, 2018
A carer who repeatedly stabbed a woman in her care has been granted bail in Southport Magistrate’s Court this morning. The 58-year-old woman, who cannot be named for legal reasons, allegedly stabbed the 56-year-old woman overnight, leaving her with serious injuries. The alleged victim was rushed to Gold Coast University Hospital for emergency surgery and is now in a serious but stable condition in the intensive care unit.
February 19, 2018
A s.185 (Enterprise agreement) application by Eldercare Inc T/A Eldercare for its Eldercare Inc Nursing Employees Enterprise Agreement 2017-2019 has been granted by Fair Work Commissioner McKinnon in Melbourne on 16 February 2018.
February 19, 2018
A man has been remanded in custody after he was charged with a stabbing murder at a Melbourne Salvation Army crisis accommodation centre. The 43-year-old victim died in hospital on Friday after being stabbed at West Melbourne’s Flagstaff crisis accommodation centre about 7.30am.
February 19, 2018
A Perth lawyer has been charged by major fraud squad detectives over the alleged theft of $1.9 million from a solicitor’s trust account. The money, which included funds held for distribution to deceased estates, had been held in trust for clients of the law firm. The woman has been charged with nine counts of stealing as a servant and is due to appear in Perth Magistrates Court next month.
February 19, 2018
Opal has appointed Tamara Hitchcock as its chief marketing officer.
