A MAN has been sentenced after he swindled a care home out of more than £3,600.

Jamie Parker, 35, pleaded guilty to fraud after conning the Newport business between July 5 and September 21 last year.

The defendant signed for items bought for the care home but kept them for himself.

Parker, of St Curigs Garden, Langstone, Newport, was “in a position of trust and high value”, the city’s magistrates' court was told.        

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He was jailed for 22 weeks but that sentence was suspended because there were “prospects of rehabilitation and he had a previous clean character and had shown remorse”.

The defendant must carry out 180 hours of unpaid work and complete a 12-day rehabilitation activity requirement.

Parker will have to pay £3,611.58 in compensation, a £154 surcharge and £85 costs.