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A callous finance worker who claimed her dying boss gave her permission to take company cash has been convicted of stealing £75,000.Marie Magunnigle, 64, was employed by roads firm Coneworx but investigations after boss John Tiffen passed away revealed she had plundered thousands from their accounts.

Magunnigle had been promoted to financial director to support Tiffen's daughter Ainsley, 32, find her feet as the new boss.But a probe was launched after two payments of £1,000 were made to her account with no explanation.

An accountant found a string of discrepancies between November 2017 and September 2020 which were ruled 'deliberate and fraudulent'.Magunnigle was sacked in October 2020 before a further probe revealed she had swiped £10,000 as Tiffen lay in intensive care in hospital.

Magunnigle, of Wishaw, Lanarkshire, denied any wrongdoing and went on trial at Hamilton Sheriff Court but was convicted of embezzling £75,050 by a jury.Giving evidence to depute fiscal Rebecca Clark, Ainsley Tiffen told how her trust in Magunnigle had been shattered.She said: "I fully trusted Marie and was shocked and surprised.

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