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Nigerian carer robbed elderly and disabled clients after losing job
A Nigerian carer is to be deported for robbing and burgling his own elderly and disabled patients – the day after being suspended from work. Ediongseyene Essien, 32, had been working for Comfort Care until March 9 this year when suspended by his bosses following serious theft allegations.
TL;DR
- Ediongseyene Essien, a Nigerian carer, was jailed for eight years for robbing and burgling vulnerable patients.
- Essien committed the offenses the day after being suspended from his care worker position.
- He targeted elderly and disabled individuals he had previously cared for, using knowledge of their key safes and routines.
- Victims included an elderly couple, a blind man with cerebral palsy, and a woman whose handbag was stolen.
- Essien pleaded guilty to two counts of robbery, four of burglary, and fraud.
- He will be deported after serving 30% of his sentence, and a restraining order was placed on his six victims.