Police investigate missing £9,000 wedding rings at Kent care home

Summarised from 2 outlets · Updated 20 Oct, 14:44 · Archive

Police are investigating after a dementia patient's £9,000 wedding rings went missing from a Kent care home and were replaced with plastic copies.

Police have launched an investigation after Jacqueline Stockbridge, 69, a dementia patient at Holywell Park Care Home in Sevenoaks, Kent, had her wedding rings replaced with plastic copies. She had been admitted to the care home following a stroke last month and has been in the care system for 15 years. During that time, she had continuously worn her £7,500 opal and gold engagement ring, encrusted with 14 diamonds, and her £1,500 baguette wedding band with rectangular diamonds.

When her daughter Jocelyn, 37, visited on 21 September, she discovered a plastic ring on her mother's finger instead of the tailor-made jewellery. Jocelyn said: 'I thought it's been stolen, she wouldn't take it off, she's never taken it off.' She raised the matter with care home staff, but claims they were dismissive and did not help much.

Jacqueline was unaware her rings were missing until her daughter told her. Jocelyn explained that her mother, due to her dementia, would become upset each time the loss was pointed out to her, then forget about it minutes later. Police have taken the fake ring in for forensic testing.

How it is being reported

• Dementia patient's £9,000 wedding rings disappear and are 'replaced by plastic' in care homeTwo wedding rings belonging to dementia patient Jacqueline Stockbridge, 69, went missing at Holywell Park Care Home in Sevenoaks, Kent and were replaced with plastic, her daughter Jocelyn saidThe Mirror · 20 Oct, 14:22
• Heartbreak as woman with dementia has £9,000 wedding rings 'replaced by plastic'A police investigation is underway.Daily Express · 20 Oct, 10:34

In this story: Jacqueline Stockbridge · Jocelyn Stockbridge · Holywell Park Care Home · Sevenoaks · Kent

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