Herts County Council Must Apologise over Social Worker Thefts
A former Herts County Council social worker has pleaded guilty to seven counts of theft from vulnerable people she was the Careworker for. She now awaits sentencing. Lorraine Graves, the former social worker, pleaded guilty on July 3rd. This has finally allowed her victims and their families and friends to see justice done, two years after the crimes came to light. Liberal Democrat Group Leader, County Councillor Stephen Giles-Medhurst commented, "It has become clear that this woman defrauded vulnerable people of thousands of pounds from their Council-run banks accounts. It is totally unacceptable that a Council worker was able to abuse their position like this." "Hertfordshire County Council must now offer a public apology to the victims, their friends and their families, not only for the thefts themselves, but also for the anguish and distress this has caused them. It has taken two years for this to come to court. This has been very distressing for many of those concerned and made worse by the length of tim
