India, Oct. 15 -- A nurse in the United Kingdom has been removed from the nursing register after a tribunal found that she exploited a vulnerable 99-year-old woman and obtained assets and money worth £770,000 (around Rs.9.6 crore) from her over several years. The nurse, Rebecca Burwood, allegedly used the money for home improvements, a car, a campervan and other personal expenses, with allegations that some of the funds were also spent on cosmetic surgery, according to a report by The Independent.

Burwood, an adult nursing specialist who registered in 2002, was found to have manipulated the elderly woman, identified as Resident A, into becoming dependent on her before exploiting the trust she had placed in her. She was working as de...