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The Care Home Swindler

The Shocking True Story Behind One of Britain's Biggest Scandals

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The Care Home Swindler

By: Kate Snell
Narrated by: Sarah Thom
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The gripping inside story of a major British scandal, a man who conned the elderly out of millions of pounds, and an expose of the terrifying reality of what happens to the elderly behind closed doors, from award-winning journalist Kate Snell.

Behind a façade of luxury and respectability, David Barton, owner of the Barton Park Nursing Home in Southport, swindled millions of pounds from the infirm amassing himself a fortune.

Along the way he was assisted by corrupt professionals: solicitors, bookkeepers and senior care home workers who became part of his fraudulent operations - co-conspirators who held positions of authority in the community, and in whom the elderly placed their trust.

With exclusive access to witnesses, court documents, victims' families, the police and the Crown Prosecution Service award-winning filmmaker and journalist Kate Snell goes on the trail of a multi-million pound fraud involving a property empire, luxury cars, false identities, forged documents and lies to unravel this astonishing story.

It also pulls back to look at abuses in the care home system more broadly - what more should be done to protect the most vulnerable in our communities?©2026 Kate Snell Biographies & Memoirs Con Artists, Hoaxes & Deceptions Law Social Sciences True Crime Exciting Scary
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I really enjoy good investigative journalism so I’d preordered this title and was very happy I’d done so. Whilst shocked by what I heard I was impressed by the level of care the author had taken to unearth and document the details of this crime, and the trouble taken to present the lives of the victims and their loving families who were so badly affected by it.

Apologies for the vagueness, I’m trying to avoid saying too much to avoid spoilers, but it’s a great listen!

Sarah Thom’s narration was perfect.

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