Bed mechanic swindled dementia sufferer of £112k

A bed mechanic scammed £112,000 from an elderly woman living at one of London’s most prestigious hotels by charging her for unnecessary work on her motorised mattress. Raj Ganpat, 55, fleeced Judith Novak at Mayfair’s Athenaeum Hotel and Residences, where rooms start at £500 per night to fund his gambling addiction. He pretended to be servicing her electric adjustable bed, charging her thousands of pounds on 31 occasions over five years. Ms Novak, who suffers from dementia, did not realise…