Carer Lisa Weare , 32 , ( pictured ) from Blackpool , Lancashire , stole her victim 's bank card and used it to spend a total of £6,254 over an eight-month period . A carer who stole £6,000 from a vulnerable woman and spent some of the money on Girls Aloud concert tickets has been jailed . Lisa Weare , from Blackpool , Lancashire , used the victim 's bank card to withdraw money from her account and spent the money on gig tickets , mobile phone bills and textiles for a business she was setting up . The 32-year-old , who spent £500 on four Girls Aloud tickets , has now been jailed for 16 months after a judge told her she had 'let her employers and victim down ' . The court heard how Weare was a carer for Fylde Community Link when the crimes took place over an eight-month period between July 2012 and March 2013 . Kevin Slack , prosecuting , said the victim was unable to read or write , had no concept of the value of money and needed extensive help for day-to-day living . Part of her care was provided by Weare . He told the court that the victim , who has not been named , had two bank accounts and a locked tin that money would be placed into . There was supposed to be a clear audit trail where any movement of money in or out of the accounts or the tin would be recorded in a cash book and dated . However , one of the victim 's three sisters noted small inconsistencies with the movement of the money , which she raised with the company and also at a safeguarding meeting towards the end of 2012 . Mr Slack said that in February of the following year a community manager at the company noticed a number of discrepancies regarding the bank accounts . He said money withdrawn had not been recorded in the cash book , or on occasions a lower sum had been entered in the book , compared to the amount actually withdrawn . He said it became clear Weare had been responsible for the bank withdrawals and she was suspended . Further transactions were later discovered . Mr Slack said : 'The defendant bid £500 to buy four Girls Aloud concert tickets . This was in October of 2012 . She paid for them in March , three days after she had been suspended . 'Again , the victim 's bank card had been used . ' Mr Slack added that a textile firm had been paid £175 , using the victim 's bank card , for 50 metres of organza cloth and there were also payments for mobile phone bills of £929 . In total , £6,254 was withdrawn from the bank accounts over the eight-month period , the court heard . Weare admitted theft and three counts of fraud at the hearing today . The judge was told that the victim had been having nightmares about 'horrible things ' since the incident and no longer felt safe when she went to sleep . Weare , 32 , used some of the money she stole to bid on four concert tickets for pop band Girls Aloud ( pictured ) Weare was jailed at Preston Crown Court ( pictured ) for 16 months after admitting theft and three counts of fraud . The court heard she had saved up £3,700 in the hope of compensating the victim for every penny . Daniel Harman , defending , said Weare had lost her good character in the most catastrophic way . He said : 'She accrued a large amount of personal debt , run up following difficulties in the marriage and getting in the pocket of pay day lenders . 'Secondly , there was a significant increase in her alcohol intake and catastrophic errors of judgment , where she took from somebody she had worked for over many years . ' He added the defendant was remorseful and apologised wholeheartedly . The court heard she had saved up £3,700 in the hope of compensating the victim for every penny . Jailing her at Preston Crown Court , Judge Simon Newell told her : 'This case is n't just about £6,000 . 'It is n't just about a substantial breach of trust by a young woman who has no previous convictions , but has used this money for her own purposes . 'This is about the distress and devastation of a very vulnerable person . That ca n't be measured in monetary terms because feelings , emotions and life difficulties are something which are immeasurable . ' He told Weare : 'Your employers trusted you , her family trusted you and the woman trusted you . You let all of them down . ' Referring to the three examples of where the money went , he said : 'None of honest payments are for basic materials you might need in your life , that someone under stress or financial difficulty might require . 'The victim has had to wait the best part of two years for justice to be done because in that very long period of time there has been avoidance , evasion and denial . '
Lisa Weare , 32 , took her victim 's bank card and withdrew sums of money . Carer took a total of £6,254 over an eight-month period in 2012 and 2013 . Spent the cash on four Girls Aloud tickets , mobile phone bills and textiles . Court heard she targeted 'vulnerable ' woman who needed day-to-day help . A man has been jailed for life after he was found guilty by a jury at Manchester Crown Court (pictured) of raping two teenage girls aged 13 and 14 when they were both under his care