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A middle aged woman, addicted to playing online bingo stole £62,000 from her workplace to feed her habit. Sandra Preston, 42 stole the money whilst working at her local Total Garage where she was manageress. The shocking discovery was made when the owner decided to sell the garage.
Preston, from Hull was allegedly addicted to playing online bingo games in her spare time. She used the payment system pay point at the garage to deposit funds to her own private account. She was judged guilty yesterday and jailed for six months at hear court hearing at Hull Crown court.
Barrister, Anil Murray, told the court: “Initially, she paid for her bingo activities herself. She then lost so much she began to get into debt playing on her own credit cards. It is an activity in which one can lose money and lose it fast. It became an addiction.”
Sentencing Preston, Recorder Anton Lodge QC said: “You were a woman of good character and a woman of honour. You had led a commendable, ordinary, honest good life and the sad thing is that, when you got this job at this garage, you discovered a way to steal money from your employer.”
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