Hilary Border , 54 , stole £20,000 from her dementia-stricken mother , pictured outside Nottingham Crown Court . A 'wicked ' daughter who stole £20,000 from her dementia-stricken mother and spent it on herself instead of paying care home fees has been spared jail . Hilary Border , 54 , from Newark , Nottinghamshire , had power of attorney over her 83-year-old mother Dorothy 's affairs when her health deteriorated . The mother-of-three was required to pay £300-a-week for the 83-year-old 's care but when it doubled to £600 the money was either late or stopped being paid at all . Care home staff tried to contact Border over an outstanding £16,000 debt over two years before reporting her to police . She pleaded guilty to fraud on the basis she took £20,000 between October 2012 , and November 20 last year , despite the fact that prosecution said it was £39,500 . Border was sentenced to 16 months in prison , suspended for two years , at Nottingham Crown Court yesterday . Judge Andrew Hamilton said : 'You stole money from your mum . You were trusted to be her power of attorney to deal with her money . 'It was wicked to steal from someone who was in a care home . 'The owners of the care home seem to have taken pity on your mum . Others might not have been so charitable . 'She has dementia and does n't appreciate the wickedness of her daughter , how you have betrayed her trust and stolen her money . ' Border was also made subject of an eight-month home curfew and ordered to carry out 150 hours of unpaid work . The court heard Border 's mother suffered from angina , sclerosis of the liver and seriously low blood pressure . Defence attorney Ian Way said Border had taken a small amount of money to ease financial pressures in her own life and the fraud had then escalated . He added : 'She is 54 , of good character . 'She is thoroughly ashamed for what she has done and full of self-loathing.. ' Border was sentenced to 16 months in prison , suspended for two years , at Nottingham Crown Court ( pictured ) yesterday .
Hilary Border , 54 , pleaded guilty to fraud and has been spared jail . She stole £20,000 from dementia-stricken mother and spent it on herself . Mother-of-three refused to pay £16,000 in care home bills for Dorothy , 83 . A man who was jailed after stealing more than £100,000 by conning his elderly neighbour into handing over her life savings is now being hailed as a hero because he had the good sense not to go straight