Salesman at luxury tailors gave customers HIS bank details so he could fund his coke habit in ‘not very sophisticated’ fraud
manchestereveningnews.co.ukA former salesman at a luxury tailor shop stole more than £50,000 from his workplace in order to support a drug habit. Joshe Barnes, 32, of Butley Lanes, Macclesfield, had previously pleaded guilty to theft and fraud over the span of three years.
At a sentencing hearing at Manchester Crown Court, Barnes was slapped with a suspended sentence and told he must undertake unpaid community service. READ MORE: Sue Gray report in full - the published inquiry into parties The court heard how Barnes had been employed as a salesman at Frank Rostron's Bespoke Shirtmakers, on Princess Street in Manchester city centre, from 2013 until 2019.
Between September 2016 and October 2019, Barnes was found to have taken almost £55,000 from customers as part of a ‘not very sophisticated’ fraud purporting to be for the sale of items.
Prosecutor David Farley told the court how the business operated on an online system that recorded customers’ measurements and payment details so that they could quickly ring up and order new items.
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