A grandson was spared jail today after stealing his grandfather’s life savings to pay for his girlfriend’s boob job.
Luke Quatrini, 35, plundered £1,500 from the 92-year-old’s funeral fund to fund the breast augmentation surgery
A court heard retired docker Clifford Bartlett had started saving up to save his family paying the costs of his own funeral after he began suffering ill health.
But his family began stealing from his savings account behind his back – leaving him in the red and unable to pay for his care home costs.
Quatrini (pictured, right) got a suspended prison sentence after swindling his grandfather to pay for a boob job for Emma Huges (left)
Grandson Luke Quatrini spent £500 to help pay for breast surgery for hairdresser girlfriend Emma Hodges who later posed for a series of racy underwear shots showing off her enhanced assets.
He also booked Ryanair flights to Spain using Mr Bartlett’s account, along with over £100 worth of clothes, a portable toilet and building equipment.
Quatrini’s dad, Vincent Quatrini, 74, spent £338.84 on car insurance using his father-in-law’s account details.
Quatrini’s brother, Richard Quatrini, 31, posed as his grandfather over the phone to ‘authorise’ the insurance payment, as well as spending £13.59 of his money to buy DVDs on Amazon.
Luke Quatrini, 34, from Newport in South Wales is accused of conning his grandad out of his life savings to put down a £500 deposit for breast surgery for blonde girlfriend Emma Hodges
A grandson allegedly swindled his own 92-year-old grandfather to pay for his girlfriend’s boob job, holiday and online shopping
Prosecutor Emma Harris said Mr Bartlett had trusted son-in-law Vincent Quatrini with his account details so he could pay for his expenditures while he was in and out of hospital.
But he was left ‘devastated’ when he found out his own family had cleared out his savings account and left him in the red.
He died in December of last year – after his health deteriorated due to the ongoing criminal proceedings against his scheming family members.
Miss Harris said: ‘The word Mr Bartlett used was “devastation” in terms of the impact on the end of his days.
A court heard Quatrini used grandfather Clifford Bartlett’s bank card without his permission to pay for the boob job deposit
‘He deteriorated in health due to the police involvement and passed away in December of last year. He was a vulnerable man.’
Vincent and Richard Quatrini later pleaded guilty to fraud.
Luke Quatrini denied his involvement, claiming his grandad said ‘no problem at all’ when asked if he could pay a £500 deposit for the cosmetic surgery.
But a jury at Newport Crown Court found him guilty of five counts of fraud after a trial.
Aspiring model Ms Hodges later posed for a series of racy underwear shots showing her wearing just lacy bras and knickers
The three men appeared together at the court today for sentencing, where judge Recorder Ifan Wyn Lloyd Jones criticised them for their lack of remorse.
The judge said: ‘These were mean offences. Mr Bartlett was a close relative of yours. He had been saving for his own funeral to save his family the expenses for when he died. The three of you should be ashamed by what you did.’
He told Luke Quatrini giving him a suspended sentence was ‘in the public interest’, after defending barrister Huw Davies said prison would mean he lost his job and his family home despite having a ‘very good income’ of £30,000 as an electrician for the national grid.
Luke Quatrini, from Afon Mead, Rogerstone, was sentenced to six months in jail suspended for one year.
He was ordered to pay a £2,000 contribution to prosecution costs, and ordered to complete 250 hours of unpaid work.
Vincent Quatrini, and Richard Quatrini, both from Stockton Close, Newport, were sentenced to three months in jail suspended for one year and ordered to complete 100 hours of unpaid work.
Clifford Bartlett’s family members said after the sentencing said they were disappointed with the sentences handed out – saying Luke Quatrini in particular was ‘very lucky’.
A spokesman said: ‘The sentences are not enough for what they did.’
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