Five months for ‘exemplary’ care manager who had false passport

A care home manager who used a false passport to get the job has been jailed for five months. Samantha Rutherford, 36, worked her way up the ladder to land a senior position at Clearwater Care Hackney, after years of ‘exemplary’ service. But her success was built on a forged passport she had bought for £300 in 2010, Snaresbrook Crown Court heard. Rutherford used the passport to gain employment at the home despite being on a non-working visa, obtained when…