A Family Nursing & Home Care employee who stole more than £3,600 from the charity after falling into gambling debt wept as she was jailed for six months yesterday.
The Magistrate’s Court was told on Friday that Jeanette Hotton (60), who pleaded guilty to larceny, had initially planned to pay the money back when she began transferring money to herself from the charity’s PayPal account.
The thefts continued over a period of nine months, Legal adviser Harrison Gollop explained, and only came to light in March when another staff member noticed there was money missing from the charity’s bank account.
Advocate Julia-Anne Dix, defending, said Hotton had then admitted during a police interview that she had taken the…