A carer for the Bradnet charity stole a vulnerable mother’s jewellery while entrusted to look after her disabled daughter, a court heard today.

Shamin Hussain, 34, began work for the organisation on March 2 and days later sneaked into the woman’s bedroom and took her valuables, valued at £689.

Hussain, of Fairbank Road, Girlington, Bradford, then offered bangles from the haul to another woman she was caring for, prosecutor James Bourne-Arton told Bradford Crown Court today.

Hussain pleaded guilty to theft on March 19.

Mr Bourne-Arton said the mother she was helping left her Bradford home for 30 minutes, leaving her disabled daughter in her care.

After Hussain had finished at the house that day, she discovered her jewellery was missing.

When the mother reported the theft to Bradnet and police, Hussain denied it and claimed her victim had made it up out of spite.

Neil Murphy, Hussain’s solicitor advocate, said she suffered from depression and had never been in trouble before.

“She is deeply ashamed and deeply upset about this,” he told the court.

Judge Benson labelled it “a nasty offence” but out of character. He sentenced Hussain to a 12-month community order with a three-month curfew order and told her she must pay £200 compensation to her victim.

Judge Benson acknowledged that Hussain struggled with depression but said it was no justification for what she had done.

“Your victim trusted you and left you alone in her house and you stole jewellery from her bedroom and offered to give some of it to a patient where you were working,” the judge said.