End of career for nurse who gambled with elderly patient’s cash

A care home manager jailed for stealing almost £100,000 from a 97-year-old resident to gamble at casinos has been thrown out the profession. Carleen Wilkins, 40 managed the Robert Harvey House Care Home, Birmingham, where she formed ‘a close personal bond’ with the patient and was entrusted with her finances. The victim did not trust her family or banks, a Nursing & Midwifery Council panel heard. Wilkins stole her victim’s bank card and used the money to pay off debts,…