PRESTON AND BLACKPOOL COURT BLOG: Thieving carer who left trusting pensioner heartbroken faces sentence

Good morning and welcome to the Lancashire Post's live court blog, bringing you the latest from the Magistrates' Court, Preston Crown Court and Sessions House.
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There are around 16 criminal courtrooms across Preston, as well as civil court rooms, and cases from across Lancashire's cities and towns - and sometimes Cumbria and Greater Manchester - are heard in them.

Today's schedule includes eight trials, nine sentences and 18 other types of hearing at the Crown Court, with 125 other cases at the magistrates' court.

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