Cancer nurse struck off after abusing position in bid to gain inheritance from pensioners

Anita George 'took over' Ian and Margaret Percival's lives (Image: Family handout)

A crab caregiver has been struck disconnected aft abusing her presumption successful a bid to inherit from 2 pensioners.

Anita George "took over" Ian Percival and his woman Margaret's lives aft grooming the mates pursuing a "chance" brushwood arsenic Mr Percival was walking his dog, Snowy, adjacent his location successful Swansea.

Three days aft gathering the affluent businessman, Mrs George moved into 1 of his properties to assistance attraction for Margaret, who had mobility issues, nether a backstage statement not agreed via the NHS.

Son Richard said: "She took implicit our parents' lives. She was perpetually with them... Mum was getting excluded. I felt she (George) had afloat control... Things she did changed everything."

The couple's daughter, Helen, told Sky News: "I trusted her due to the fact that she was a caregiver astatine a section hospital."

Things started to alteration earlier Mr Percival died successful 2016, with George alleged to person refused to look aft Margaret, lavishing much attraction connected Ian.

Ian Percival was walking his dog, Snowy, on the seashore adjacent his location erstwhile helium met Anita George (Image: Sky)

Richard and Helen learned of the grade of George's engagement with their begetter aft his death, claiming the present erstwhile caregiver started an inappropriate narration with Ian and manipulated him for her ain fiscal gain. Margaret moved to Australia wherever she died successful 2018.

The siblings uncovered grounds of George's "grooming" of their father, including Mr Percival giving her £15,000 successful currency and shares arsenic good arsenic a car. He besides near her a spot valued astatine hundreds of thousands.

Mrs George insisted these were gifts, but regulator the Nursing and Midwifery Council (NMC), which struck her disconnected its register, recovered the erstwhile caregiver breached nonrecreational boundaries, including by abusing a presumption of spot "to summation an inheritance" from Mr Percival.

It besides recovered George, who was moving arsenic a caregiver astatine the chemotherapy section astatine Singleton Hospital NHS Trust erstwhile she met Mr Percival successful 2012, either listed oregon allowed herself to beryllium listed arsenic adjacent of kin and adoptive girl successful actions motivated "by the pursuit of fiscal gain".

She besides acted successful an "unprofessional" and "abusive" mode towards "vulnerable" victims, perpetrated a "long-standing deception" and misused her power, bringing her assemblage into disrepute, the proceeding found.

Helen and Richard person called for the rules astir carers to beryllium tightened up (Image: Sky)

The NMC directed its toughest authorisation against George astatine the extremity of a proceeding successful December. Its study details however the Percivals, who were joined much than 50 years, were particularly "vulnerable" successful portion due to the fact that of the region betwixt them and their children, who unrecorded successful Australia.

A Swansea Bay University Health Board spokesperson said the organisation was "appalled" successful airy of the NMC's findings and wanted to authorities intelligibly to the household it was precise atrocious astir what happened.

The Board said it volition beryllium reviewing the case, adding: "It is important, however, to clarify that the inappropriate fiscal relationships did not subordinate to attraction provided wrong an NHS context."

South Wales Police carried retired an investigation, but charges were not brought against Mrs George, according to Sky News. Express.co.uk has besides approached the force.

Richard and Helen person said they privation the lawsuit to beryllium reopened and tougher rules connected carers to beryllium introduced, including inheritance checks.

Express.co.uk has attempted to interaction George via her typical astatine the hearing. Her ineligible squad had argued each the charges related to George's idiosyncratic beingness and behaviour extracurricular her occupation arsenic a nurse.

They said arsenic George is present joined she is successful "a antithetic place", adding a written reflection submitted to the proceeding sheet showed she had "insight and reflection" into her conduct.

The ineligible squad argued George was a "good" nurse, citing "numerous" testimonials arsenic good arsenic nary erstwhile regulatory concerns astir her quality and fittingness to practise.