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Mail Online reports that a PA to a property tycoon stole over £8,000 from her boss to pay for her addiction to Candy Crush and other gaming apps.

Hollie Johnson was trusted to handle the personal finances of Joey Esfandi, CEO of Dwyer Estates, but stole £8,830 to buy ‘boosters’ which help players move up levels within a game.

The Sky News website reports that the former head of a disability charity stole £256,000 from its pension fund to buy a house in France.

Patrick McLarry – jailed for five years – has a MBE for his charity work, but admitted defrauding Yateley Industries for the Disabled to buy the holiday home and a warehouse worth £200,000.

According to the NWE Mail website, two thieves who swiped items from a shop said they could not remember the offence because they were on Valium.

Amy Jane Foster and Terrance Charles Graham admitted taking a number of items off the shelves of Home Bargains in Barrow and leaving without paying.

The Mail Online website reports that a husband and wife team were left on the brink of financial ruin after an employee who became their family friend stole £75,000 from their extraction system business.

Over three years, Dianne Polson stole the huge sum through various ‘random’ refunds through the company’s system directly onto her own bank card.

According to the Craven Herald and Pioneer website, a man caught the bus to do some Christmas shoplifting in Skipton.

Sean Kellet – jailed for 12 weeks – travelled to Skipton from Bradford on December 21 where he attempted to steal £340 of perfume from Boots in the High Street.

The Northern Echo website reports that a woman admitted to stealing £47,367 from the village primary school where she was secretary for 13 years.

After originally denying all charges, Sharon Dickinson changed her plea and admitted fraud and theft from St Michael’s Church of England Primary School.