A callous finance worker who claimed her dying boss had given her permission to take £75,000 of company cash has dodged jail.
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'.
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