An employee of Manchester Royal Children's Hospital's fundraising charity has escaped jail despite stealing up to £10,000 in donations - in part because she has two children.
Olivia Spencer, now 29, was eventually caught after colleagues discovered 'discrepancies' in the accounts. The mother from Prestwich stole cash kindly donated to Manchester Foundation Trust between October 2018 and and March 2018, taking money intended for hospitals across Greater Manchester.
But today a judge decided not to send her to prison because of the length of time since she stole the money and also because her two children 'would suffer'. READ MORE: Two children among five killed in horrific crash on M6 motorway With another member of staff, she worked in the trust's office at Royal Manchester Children's Hospital receiving donations from kindhearts, the court was told.
Their job was to receive the money and place it into the safe after the donor had signed a receipt book, prosecutor Denise Fitzpatrick told Manchester Crown Court on Wednesday.
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