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The Kent Online website reports that a flip flop shop manager who was ‘desperate to leave his job’ stole £12,000 before vanishing.

Jonathan Kirby repeatedly targeted the Havaianas store for two months, then took leave, claiming he had contracted the coronavirus.

An interesting article on the People Management website warns employers not to take job applications at face value, after a recent Supreme Court ruling.

The ruling centered on the case of Jon Andrewes, and acts as a reminder that employers need to consider the risks of not completing proper due diligence on new hires.

The Staffordshire Live website reports that a thief who stole tens of thousands of pounds worth of copper cabling and transformers has avoided going to jail due to a ‘woeful’ delay in his prosecution.

Mark Robinson stole 20 transformers worth £17,798 plus 680kg of high voltage copper cable worth £3,060.

The Birmingham Mail website reports that a woman stole in excess of a million pounds over nearly ten years to fund her extreme gambling addiction.

Karen Brailsford stole the money by falsifying invoices, and, at its peak, her thieving amassed £300,000 from her place of work in just one year.

As reported on The Reading Chronicle website, a prolific TK Maxx shoplifter who stole £875-worth of the store’s clothes has been jailed for 36 weeks.

Marian-Cornel Moldovan had been given a 10-week suspended prison sentence but reoffended twice in the following five months.

The City Of London Police website reports that a social media influencer promoted and sold counterfeit designer clothing and mobile phones to his 20,000 followers.

Jack Allen – given a 16-week suspended prison sentence – made over £14,300 after promoting the items on various Instagram accounts and YouTube.