Category Archives: Civil Recovery

Policewoman Stole Whilst On Duty

The Independent reports that a police officer has been sacked for shoplifting £200 worth of items whilst on duty at Birmingham’s Bull Ring shopping centre.

A misconduct hearing heard that Abigail Smith stole £70-worth of moisturiser from Selfridges and said that she believed it “was a cry for help” after being “let down by West Midlands Police.”

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Finance Worker Stole To Fund Lavish Lifestyle

BBC News reports that a finance worker stole more than £130,000 from her employer to fund her “lavish lifestyle”.

Claire Johnston – jailed for 20 months – used the proceeds of her crimes to pay for her wedding, holidays, weekends away and designer footwear.

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Manager Stole To Buy Fleet Of Taxis

The Evening Standard reports that a school business manager stole £220,000 to fund the purchase of a fleet of taxis in The Gambia with her boyfriend.

Over six months in 2011, Kirsty Holmes and her partner Sunday Kalu cashed cheques from Battersea Park School in London.

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Crowds Block Shoplifter’s Escape

Mail Online reports that a crowd surrounded a suspected shoplifter in a branch of Sports Direct in Greater Manchester and shouted, “Don’t let her get away with it.”

Video footage of the incident went viral and showed a quick-thinking schoolboy putting the brake on her pram, which allegedly contained the goods, so she is unable to flee with them.

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Ambulance Driver Faked Documents

The Wirral Globe reports that an ambulance driver admitted creating a number of fraudulent documents to gain employment with Jigsaw Medical Services, a private company based in Ellesmere Port.

Jack Walter was assigned to several posts within NHS ambulance trusts.

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Treasurer Pays Back £700 Of £67k

The Northern Echo reports that the treasurer of a motor club who stole almost £67,000 to fund a gambling addiction has been ordered to repay just £731.

Gambling addict Elizabeth Russell’s employer – Richmond Motor Club – was almost bankrupted by her dishonesty.

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