A FRAUDSTER who took more than £201,000 from a care home where she worked has been ordered to pay back just £34,000.

Anne Dobson, of Cressing Road, Witham, was convicted of stealing cash from the Broomfield Grange care home, in Chelmsford, where she worked as an administrator.

Dobson, 40, siphoned off fees paid by residents by telling head office they would be getting less than the figure agreed between the care home manager and residents.

She gave residents her bank account details and took full payment - of around £1,200 – but only paid Embrace Group Limited £800.

In total she defrauded the Embrace Group, which ran the home, of £201,425.52 between July 2012 and July 2014.

She was jailed for two years four months in March 2015.

However, a Proceeds of Crime hearing at Chelmsford Crown Court yesterday heard how Dobson only has £34,065 in assets.

Recorder Giles Eyre yesterday gave Dobson three months to pay back £34,065 in compensation – just 17 per cent of the amount she stole.

If Dobson fails to pay the full amount within the time given, she faces a nine-month jail term in default of the payment.

At the time of her conviction the court heard she was marrying again in 2013 wanted to pay for a luxury wedding costing £20,000 she could not afford, followed by a honeymoon costing £4,000.

Once she cleared her debts, she continued defrauding the care home.

At her sentencing the court heard she was “absolutely and thoroughly ashamed” of her actions.