Steeling From Children - How Low Can People Get?
 

Oswaldtwistle school PTA treasurer on £2,000 theft charge (From Blackburn Citizen)

How can you steel from children? That money is used to help fund school trips and she stole it for herself.

I bet she gets off with some pathetic punishment in court. I would give her 1000 hours community service cleaning the school grounds. She would have to face the parents of the children she stole from then on a daily basis.

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That and also wearing a yellow T shirt with I'm A Thief writen on it and of course paying the money back with interest:(

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Sadly some people can't be trusted with other people's money, whoever it rightly belongs to.

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Blame the idiots who appointed her in the first place.

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I honestly dont know how anyone can do that.

As she was involved with the parent teachers assoc i feel sorry for her child/children who will have to go to that school everyday and have to face the other kids and teachers and they will all know what their mother has done.

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i was vice chair of the PTA at Reece's primary school, our treasurer was really good, mind you she had no choice really with me breathing down her neck all the time :D

but thats just bloody awful :(

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How easy for you to say that. The PTA is made up of mums (can't get any dads involved - why is it that men won't help out?) and everyone is a volunteer, plus we all know each other in the playground. A couple of years ago they needed a treasurer and the person in question volunteered, no one else wanted the job, so she took over the accounts.

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Probably because any man with any sense whatsoever would know the minute he volunteered to do anything involving other folks children he would be branded as a potential molester .

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During the few times I had to look after other peoples money, I always made sure there was a witness to what I was doing, that way if I was on my own I wouldn't deal with it, therefore couldn't be tempted, the same sort of system should have been in place under these aforementioned circumstances.

But then as you ask, no men involved, Hmmm, does that mean women are less trustworthy? I know I got ripped off big time by one I trusted, could it be a natural trend?
Or maybe Dad is being left out by being the main wage earner and expects his beloved to cover for him?

Big Mistake!


Tealeaf was only stating the obvious

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my old boss is currently suspended because he was skimming money, he bought a kitchen for the school and one for himself, got the same builder to do the work and charged it all to the school !!

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wasnt she supposed to have two people to sign for cheques Gayle? Sarah who did ours had to have two signatures...we also had a bloke on the pta, he was very good too

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This bit from the paper explains

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yeah i realised that Neil

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Its not hard when she holds the cheque book to sign both names.

Its how she thought she would get away with it that amazes me.

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horrible woman deserves to go to prison

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It amazes me how anybody thinks they can get away with anything like this, because sooner or later they're going to have to account for the money.

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All this just proves my point....women can't organise 'owt right.

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You may have read in the paper that the person in question pleaded guilty. She has to pay it back in installments plus £65 court costs.

At the end of the day most people are relieved that the money will be returned eventually and that the matter is over. On the other hand, if she was going to plead guilty why didn't she just admit it all before the police were brought in, paid it back over time and saved herself having a criminal record?

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I feel sorry for this woman's children who will have to endure all kinds of comments made about their mum. :(