Doctors welcome sentence on £155k embezzler who "destroyed" EK medical practice

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Doctors have welcomed an 18-month prison sentence for the manager of their East Kilbride medical practice who stole £155,000 from them.

Jacqueline Rodger, 55, of Pentland Road, East Kilbride, was sentenced at Hamilton Sheriff Court this week.The doctors said she had “destroyed” the long-established practice which was forced to close as a result of the cash loss.The Lanarkshire Live app is available to download now.

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The money she took would have been used to employ another doctor and improve our services further."Defence agent Kevin Corr had asked Sheriff Martin Jones to consider an alternative to prison.He said Rodger and her husband were willing to sell their home in order to pay back at least some of the money taken.Mr Corr added: