Carer blasted as he's cleared of trying to rob dementia-suffering alcoholic
- Rory Cassidy
- Jun 24
- 3 min read
A carer blasted for his treatment of a dementia sufferer has been cleared of claims he used threats to try and rob him of money.
Daniel Ebouh was accused of trying to steal from the "vulnerable" man, at the sheltered housing complex where the alleged victim lived.
Ebouh denied attempting to steal £250 from the man by making threats towards him and went on trial over the claims today, Wednesday, June 24, 2026.
The man's daughter gave evidence, telling Paisley Sheriff Court she received a call from her dad to say someone was in his home in the Renfrewshire town and was "demanding money".
She said: "I think he had money in the house. He told me he had money on top of his black diary on top of his desk.
"The man had an African accent. He was screaming over and over again, 'give me £250'."
She said she gave the phone to her mum, the man's ex-wife, who told the court the man wanted £250.
She said she believed he was African, and possibly Nigerian, from his accent.
They contacted the police and officers attended the property, seeing Ebouh leaving "in a hurried fashion" when they arrived.
The court was told the man "was in a state of distress, albeit intoxicated" when they arrived and that he had been shouting, "help!".
Ebouh was detained and searched and found to have £760 in cash and a portable card reader on him.
Ebouh, who used to live in Paisley, took the stand to give evidence in his own defence.
The 37-year-old, who previously worked as a carer, said he befriended the man, who was one of his neighbours.
He said he would visit the alleged victim, who is also an alcoholic, and had paid for a professional cleaning company to clean his home.
He said that the man's home was "unhygienic" and had flies in the bathroom and kitchen.
The court heard that staff at the sheltered housing complex would check in to the property on a daily basis.
But Ebouh, who has since moved to the English city of Preston, Lancashire, said he helped the man with things such as shopping.
Ebouh, who no longer works as an agency carer and now receives Universal Credit, added: "He was living in a poor, neglected state."
And he said that they had argued on the day in question, with the man blaming "a black man" for stealing £170,000 from him.
Ebouh said: "There was an argument - he was p****d off about something.
"He told me about how a black male had robbed him of some money.
"He said it was £170,000 and had been taken from his card. He said it was robbed off his card."
But Ebouh denied he had attempted to steal money from the man on the day in question, September 24, 2025.
Sheriff Tom McCartney said: "It seems to me Mr Ebouh may well have behaved entirely inappropriately to a vulnerable person."
He said the conduct he had been told about could have resulted in a charge of threatening or abusive behaviour.
But he said the charge before him was one of attempted robbery amid threats - and that had not been proved.
He said: "The verdict in this trial is not guilty. The Crown case is not strong enough to meet the threshold of proof beyond reasonable doubt.
"I regard the evidence of Mr Ebouh as fanciful and wholly incredible, but of course that does not assist the Crown case - the Crown still have to prove the case beyond reasonable doubt."
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