Postmistress jailed after taking almost £100,000 from safe

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Postmistress jailed after taking almost £100,000 from safe to help other business

A WOMAN who stole almost £100,000 from the post office she co-managed, to pump into her other failing business, has been jailed for over two years.

Linda Wrigley, 57, stole £98, 137.56p from Humberston Post Office, Field House Road, between June and August last year, just a few months after taking it over with her daughter, Corrie.

When Corrie fell ill, Wrigley, formerly of Somerby, near Barnetby, took advantage of working alone to steal money from the post office safe, using it to save her other business from financial ruin.

When she was caught by senior post office management, she lied about the amount she had taken.

Sentencing Wrigley at Grimsby Crown Court, Judge Graham Robinson said: "This was a misguided attempt made to build up your failing business. You took advantage of your daughter's illness and abused your position of trust."

Wrigley's daughter had absolutely no knowledge of her mother's crimes, but as a result of her mother's actions both have now been declared bankrupt.

Judge Robinson sentenced her to 26 months in prison for theft and 26 months for fraud, to run concurrently. She will serve half in prison and half on licence in the community.

For more, see today's Grimsby Telegraph.

[NWpostie]

and the biggest damage done is the Mother/Daughter relationship, I would imagine it would be very difficult.