A Sydney woman, accused of stealing her elderly parents’ money to fund her lifestyle while neglecting their welfare, has faced court. Renee Prendergast is facing dozens of charges, and denies stealing hundreds of thousands of dollars from her parents’ bank account.
Woman accused of starving her elderly parents faces court. Prendergast’s sick elderly parents Julie and Josef moved into her Western Sydney home in 2018, and Prendergast was given power of attorney. Her parents had more than $500,000 in their bank account, which NSW Police allege Prendergast spent half of, over four weeks. “To me it looks like you’ve just waited for that money to go in,” police said to Prendergast during her police interview. “And then you’ve gone bang.