A former police officer turned bar manager has narrowly avoided jail after embezzling more than £27,000 to feed his gambling addiction.
Conor Summersgill pocketed the cash from Paramount by carrying out hundreds of fake refunds over the course of a year.
He was only caught out after another member of staff noticed he had refunded almost £2,000 in one night, and questioned what he was doing.
Following an internal investigation, bosses at the city centre bar discovered that between April 1, 2014 and February 7, 2015 he had embezzled a total of £27,760.
When confronted, the father-of-one who was thousands of pounds in debt immediately admitted what he had done.
Yesterday Summersgill appeared at Aberdeen Sheriff …
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