Sister of Nuneaton bowling alley gunman jailed for £130,000 theft from her own dad

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She was convicted of three counts of theft and one of perverting the course of justice



The sister of the man jailed for triggering an armed siege at a Nuneaton bowling alley is herself behind bars - after callously ripping off their father, leaving him living in poverty.

Heartless librarian Susan Beasley not only cleaned out Ronald Clarke's bank account, she even stole the cash her father, who has since died, had put aside for his funeral.

And she tried to recruit her brother David Clarke, who is currently serving a 10-year sentence over the siege at the MFA Bowl in October 2017, to help her cover her tracks.

Beasley, aged 61, of Whitehouse Crescent, Nuneaton, was jailed for four years after a jury at Warwick Crown Court convicted her of three charges of theft and perverting the course of justice.

Judge Anthony Potter said she had shown no remorse for her cynical thefts from her father Ronald Clarke, stealing more than £130,000 from him over an 11-year period.

The court heard by the time Mr Clarke died, he had no suitable mattress, no chair to sit on and a house falling into disrepair.

Jailing Beasley, Judge Potter told her: “The jury, in the face of overwhelming evidence, convicted you of the four counts you faced, three of the wholesale theft from your father’s estate and one of attempting to pervert the course of justice.

“You had, over the course of 11 years after his wife died, sought not to support him but to gain access to his money.

“Your brother and sister trusted you to care for their father. You took cynical advantage of that, and you took control of his finances.

“You saw, when you chose to visit him, the state he was living in. The house was distressed, with leaks in the roof and damp in a number of rooms.

“Your father didn’t have a mattress that was suitable for him or a chair that was comfortable or in one piece.

“But that did not stop your cynical, sustained theft. You continued to do that relentlessly, visiting a cash machine on a weekly basis.

“You left him with absolutely nothing. He ended up an 82-year-old man who, because of your efforts, thought he had no money for heating and relying on only a gas fire in the one room he was reduced to living in.

“You also stole from the safe he had in the house... even the £2,500 he had put in a marked envelope for his funeral expenses, such was your greed. It demonstrated a gross breach of trust for which you have shown absolutely no remorse.”

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Sister of Nuneaton bowling alley gunman has pension confiscated

The sister of the man jailed for triggering an armed siege at a Nuneaton bowling alley is to have her pension fund confiscated after being jailed for callously ripping off their father.

Beasley, 61, of Whitehouse Crescent, Nuneaton, was sentenced to four years in prison after being convicted of three charges of theft and perverting the course of justice at Warwick Crown Court in July.

She had left her father with "absolutely nothing" after stealing a total of £137,395 from her over 11 years, a hearing under the Proceeds of Crime Act was told yesterday (November 12).

But prosecutor Simon Hunka said calculated Beasley had just £23,588 of available assets - including money in an account and the value of her pension.

Judge Anthony Potter told her she will have to cash in the pension after he ordered the full amount of her available assets be confiscates under the Proceeds of Crime Act.

He gave her three months to pay up – or face a further nine months in prison, after which the money will still be owed.