article_snippet.sent: A mother-of-two has been jailed after stealing almost £80,000 from Christine Lillico dying parents to go on shopping sprees - leaving Christine Lillico elderly father in debt and too poor to afford a telephone.
article_snippet.sent: Christine Lillico, 47, from  
article_snippet.sent: But instead of using the money to care for John and Audrey Air Christine Lillico plundered their life savings to bankroll Christine Lillico own lifestyle.
article_snippet.sent: Newcastle Crown Court (pictured) heard mother-of-two Christine Lillico, 47 was supposed to look after Christine Lillico elderly parents' bank accounts - but instead stole almost £80,000 from her elderly parents' over a six year period .
article_snippet.sent: By the time Christine Lillico fraud was discovered Lillico had stolen a total of £78,000.
article_snippet.sent: The court heard Lillico spent some of the £78,000 on shopping sprees in B&Q (file image)
article_snippet.sent: But The court heard Lillico had been raiding Lillico parents' accounts since 2008.
article_snippet.sent: It was calculated the amount of money Lillico stole amounted to what Lillico and Lillico brother would have inherited between she and her brother.
highlights_snippet.sent: Christine Lillico, 47, stole almost £80,000 from Christine Lillico parents over six years .
  
highlights_snippet.sent: Christine Lillico spent the money on Xbox, shopping sprees and photography services .
  