“THIEVING carer”, of previous good character gets three years and four months for admitting a single charge of theft for taking nearly £100,000 from her vulnerable victim.

“Trusted official”, with previous gets 14 months suspended for two years, for admitting one charge of fraud and two of theft for taking £58,500 from a motoring club and £8,350 from a church.

One lives in Labour constituency Newton Aycliffe, the other near Conservative constituency Richmond.

Is our justice system merely unfair or prejudiced?

Frank Best, Coundon