A DEVIOUS daughter who stole her mother’s savings then faked a burglary at their home was jailed by a judge who blasted her “dreadful betrayal”.

Kerry Blenkinsopp, 34, said she spent the money on “basics”

for her new house – a cooker, washing machine, a car and a £200 iPad.

Her disabled mother, Rosina, had saved the cash for adaptations to her home after suffering a stroke and being confined to a wheelchair.

Teesside Crown Court heard how the daughter raided a safe under a bed and stole £800 because she wanted to move out and furnish her own home.

Days later, while her mother was at hospital for physiotherapy, Blenkinsopp took a further £1,800 and then called police to report a break-in.

Judge John Walford jailed her for eight months yesterday after telling her: “In a dreadful betrayal of trust, you took advantage of her circumstances to steal money and then covered what you had done by a deception.”

Blenkinsopp’s mother and family have disowned her since the thefts in July and have now secured a restraining order to keep her away from her mother.

In a victim impact statement, Mrs Blenkinsopp, who sobbed in the public gallery when the sentence was passed, said: “I want nothing more to do with her.”

Judge Walford told her: “To do anything other than impose an immediate custodial sentence would outrage the family – the victims of your criminal activity.

“The effect on your mother and your family as a whole has been profound... the effect has been both financial and emotional.

“The money was earmarked for adaptations and improvements to her home, which the loss of the money means your mother can no longer afford.”

Andrew Teate, mitigating, said Blenkinsopp, of Craven Street, Middlesbrough, wanted to reconcile with her family but accepted their wishes.

“It is her intention to fully repay her mother and make best the situation,” he added.

Prosecutor Sharon Elves said Blenkinsopp quickly owned up to the police about the sham burglary because she felt as though they knew.

Unemployed Blenkinsopp admitted two charges of theft and one of causing wasteful employment of police time at an earlier court hearing.