Carrying a shopping bag and a walking stick, she pretended she was the elderly victim, who has Alzheimer's disease, and successfully withdrew £400 in cash from the woman's account. However, staff became suspicious when she then asked for a £22,000 banker's draft. They alerted police when they realized she was impersonating the account holder. Cramphorn's partner, Sanjay Patel, 43, who was waiting in a car near the bank, was also arrested.
Describing Cramphorn as "a conwoman", he told her: "You obtained work as a carer and were caring for an elderly, vulnerable lady and you took the opportunity to help yourself to various documents of hers to prove her identity and gain access to her finances. You set out to bleed her account dry. Having obtained £400, Cramphorn, disguised as an old woman, attempted to obtain £22,000." The defendants, of College Road, Whetstone, both admitted fraud, by falsely representing that Cramphorn was the elderly woman, on June 28. They were each jailed for 16 months at Leicester Crown Court.
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