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CAREY GIBB CANCELLED HIS VICTIM'S FUNERAL PLAN AND LEFT HER WITH JUST £30 WHEN SHE DIED. GORDON CURRIE 04:30, 30 May 2025Updated 11:02, 30 May 2025 A callous conman dumped his partner
when she was taken into a care home and used her bank card to spend thousands of pounds paying for escorts. Carey Gibb stole almost £20,000 from the vulnerable pensioner after ending their
20-year relationship and made 22 payments to escort website Midsummer. He also spent an inheritance she received from her mother's estate and left her with a £9,000 debt over care home
fees she thought he was using her bank account to pay for. Forfar Sheriff Court heard how Gibb took out more than £10,000 in cash and splurged thousands more on 22 payments to the Midsummer
site. He claimed to remain his victim's friend and promised to use her bank details to pay care home fees, but instead let the 73-year-old rack up a £9,000 debt in missed payments.
Despite having been left £20,000 when her mother died, the woman was left with just £30 and her funeral plan had been unknowingly cancelled due to missed payments. Article continues below
Gibb, 63, from Arbroath, pled guilty to a year-long domestically-aggravated fraud, from August 2021. Fiscal depute Sarah Wilkinson said the couple had been in a relationship for two decades
and explained that Gibb had assumed a role as carer for his victim. Gibb was granted access to the woman's bank card and PIN number, and she received PIP and a pension and inherited
£20,000 after her mother died in 2019. "“It is clear she is more of a saver than a spender," Ms Wilkinson told the court. The woman was admitted to hospital due to her declining
mental health and had become bed-bound with anxiety. She moved into a care home near Arbroath in August 2021 and Gibb told her daughter they were separating as "they couldn't have
a proper relationship" and "he wanted to talk to girls". The court heard that the the woman's daughter thought this was strange but gave it little more thought. After
splitting, Gibb agreed to continue managing her finances, including arranging £600-per-month payments to the care home from her bank account. Her daughter began initiating power-of-attorney
procedures and uncovered the care home had been going unpaid and a £9,000 debt had mounted up. She alerted social workers and a financial abuse probe revealed Gibb had been withdrawing up to
£300 at a time and sometimes on consecutive days. He was unable to provide an explanation to his victim's daughter and when her mother found out, she was "extremely
distressed" and repeatedly said she wanted to die. She repeatedly called Gibb "a monster" and had to be sedated. Withdrawals from her bank matched deposits made into
Gibb's own bank account. He used her money to pay for a Sky TV package and 22 payments - often at £250 per time - to Midsummer, described in court as a "dating/escort"
website. The woman’s funeral plan with Sun Life had been frozen due to missed payments and had she died during the period of the offence, her policy would not have paid out. Over the course
of his con, Gibb only ever brought his victim one bottle of water, some chocolates and £45 worth of clothes. She was left with just £30 in her account. In all, Gibb withdrew £10,500 from the
woman’s account and used her details to make a further £9,461.61 of purchases. He was interviewed by police in May 2023 and stated he only earned £1,500 a month. The court was told that the
woman had been repaid the defrauded sum of money by her bank. Stonemason Gibb was allowed to walk free from court after Sheriff Jillian Martin-Brown noted he had no previous convictions and
had entered a guilty plea on the day of the trial. Sheriff Martin-Brown placed him on a curfew for ten and a half months, but limited the time indoors from 7pm to 6am each day to let Gibb
keep his job. She also banned him from entering the victim's care home or contacting her for a period of two years after the court was told she was in favour of a non-harassment order.
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