Lloyd Parker replaced the takings from the Cathedral Retail Park store with bits of cut-up newspaper after using the stolen cash to attempt to win back what he had lost, Leeds Crown Court was told.
The 30-year-old even spent his family’s Christmas savings money to claw back the deficit, but lost it all.
Prosecutor Emily Jenkins told the court this morning that Parker had joined the company in September 2018, and was promoted to shift manager in 2019.
He was in charge of cashing up and recording the money before dropping it off in a safe.
On December 14 last year, he sent an email to the restaurant’s business manager saying he was suffering from mental health problems and was…
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