A devoted solo mum has been jailed after stealing £346,000 from her work to feed her gambling addiction. Accounts manager Leanne Gouldthorpe stole more than £35,000 from the logistics company in North East Lincolshire in just ten months.
A court heard how the 34-year-old who had no previous convictions became trapped in the "powerful grip" of a gambling addiction.
At her peak she was losing an average of more than £1,000 a day betting, thought to be largely online, reports Grimsby Live.
Grimsby Crown Court heard the money that the mum-of-one stole was now "lost forever to the gambling companies." The plundering of the huge sums had caused serious problems for the company.
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