Category Archives: Civil Recovery

The Telegraph and Argus website reports that a bakery worker stole £20,000 from her employer but only has to repay £10 of her ill-gotten gains.

Joan Whitrick, who stole the money from Just Desserts in Shipley, had been told by a judge in January that the cash would have to be paid back, “even if it takes you the rest of your days to do it”.

The Argus website reports that a teacher has been sacked and banned from teaching after lying about his degree on his CV.

Craig Bozic, a maths teacher for nearly a year at King’s School in Hove, said he had a 2.1 degree to get a job.

According to the Chronicle Live website, a cashier stole more than £11,000 from Waterstone’s using the book store’s own loyalty cards.

Barry McCann swindled cash from his employer using cards which gave customers £10 off their purchase if they collected 10 stamps on a paper card.

The Leader website reports that a prolific shoplifter from Wrexham has been jailed after stealing whilst serving a suspended sentence.

Claire Louise Jones had previous convictions for 169 offences, committing crimes over the years to feed her drug addiction.

According to the Bracknell News website, a charity treasurer stole more than £800,000 in donations by taking raffle tickets from a lavish gala dinner attended by international superstars.

Amanda Bishop – jailed for five years – kept money intended to help GroceryAid, having volunteered with the Sandhurst-based charity for nearly a quarter of a century.

According to The Independent website, an accountant’s obsession with a webcam model led him to steal almost £250,000 from his football club employer.

Andrew Barnbrook secretly transferred the money from AFC Fylde to his personal bank account for up to two and a half years before he was finally caught.