text: This a carer partying with friends and kissing her boyfriend in the hours after taking cash from two frail pensioners she stole £5,000 from. Rebecca Calder, 24, who was jailed for a year today, went out drinking on the same night she used her victims' bank card to withdraw large amounts of money. At her peak she was draining up to £300 a day from her disabled victims' accounts, spending it on nights out and items such as shoes. Sentenced: Rebecca Calder, 24, who was jailed for a year today, went out drinking on the same night she used her victims' bank cards to withdraw large amounts of cash, pictured left and right . Calder posted regular partying pictures of Facebook not knowing the family of the victims, a couple in their late 80s who have now died, had installed a spy camera and filmed her taking cash. Officers discovered Calder had stolen more than £5,000 from the savings of the elderly couple who suffered from mental and physical disabilities. Today Calder, of Greater Manchester, was jailed for 12 months after she pleaded guilty to nine counts of theft. Liverpool Crown Court was told she had previously been employed by a company called Makerfield Care - who are no longer in business - as a carer although she was not part of the team who looked after the couple at their home in Warrington. Caught: The victims' family saw money coming from their accounts so set up a camera and filmed her taking money . Police said the victims both suffered from a number of physical and mental impairments due to their ages, with very poor memories and were largely confined to their home. Calder lost her job with the care firm but carried on visiting the house regularly on an unofficial basis having befriended the couple. The thefts came to light when the couple's two daughters became concerned when she noticed on her parent's bank statements that large amounts of cash, in £100, £200 and £300 amounts, were being withdrawn from cashpoints almost every other day. One of those withdrawals was made from an ATM in Ashton-in-Makerfield at about 2am on April 13 2014, which could clearly not have been either of the victims. The couple's daughters also found huge amounts had been withdrawn from their father's savings account. The daughters installed a covert CCTV camera at the house and caught Calder red-handed as she stole cash from the elderly man's wallet. The daughters continued their investigation and managed to identify Calder through her Facebook profile, which also showed her wearing the same clothes as when she stole the money. The police were then called. After her sentencing today PC Ryan Mackenzie said: 'Calder's actions were utterly reprehensible. Whatever motivated her, there can be no excuse or justification for stealing more than £5,000 from an elderly and frail couple whom she was supposed to care for and look after. Evidence: The family watched her Facebook account and matched clothing she wore in pictures to clothing she wore while withdrawing cash . 'It is a heinous and appalling crime, made all the more galling by the audacity to post something on Facebook of her enjoying a night out using cash stolen just hours earlier from an unsuspecting and trusting couple. The fact that when the money was stolen she was not even employed as a carer but pretended to be a caring friend just compounds her despicable actions. 'And one of the saddest parts of this case is that both the man and his wife passed away before they could see justice being done. 'I would like to pay tribute to the tenacity and determination shown by the couple's daughters. Once they suspected something was amiss, they carried out their own investigation and caught Calder red-handed on secret cameras. 'The evidence against Calder was therefore overwhelming and no doubt helped to expose her criminality, so I would like to praise the couple's daughters for doing what this so-called carer should have done and that is protecting a frail, vulnerable couple. 'I hope this case serves as a stark warning to anyone who is put in a position of trust, like Calder was, to look after elderly and vulnerable people. 'Temptation will clearly be there but do you really want to be known as someone who stole from elderly people? Not only will you have that stigma for the rest of your life, but you could also be facing a long prison sentence.'
target: Rebecca Calder posted pictures on Facebook of nights out funded by theft .
  Carer was draining up to £300 a day from the accounts of disabled couple .
  Family installed secret camera and caught her taking cash from a wallet .
  Police were able to match her nights out with times she withdrew cash .