A fraudster who works for GMP has avoided jail after she started to pay back her ill-gotten gains. Barbara O'Shea, 58, conned her next-door neighbour into lending her thousands of pounds.
Instead of using the £18,000 she borrowed to buy a share in a house, as she told him, she settled debts and made payments to gambling companies. READ MORE : Greater Manchester teen appears in court charged with murdering sister He was left 'distraught' and suffered 'incredible damage' as a result of the deception, Minshull Street Crown Court heard.
O'Shea, from Stretford, who works as an admin officer for the force, has now paid back £3,000. At a previous hearing, she was warned she could be sent to prison if she didn't keep up with £500 a month
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