A TRUSTED office manager who stole almost £50,000 and plunged a family business to the brink of liquidation has walked free from court.
Nicola Leadstone was taking an average of £500 a week but her barrister claimed there was no evidence of her living high on the hog.
Yet Teesside Crown Court heard yesterday she bought a car, furniture and funded two family holidays during her two-year thieving spree.
Leadstone, 37, said in a letter written to the court: I understand the effect my crimes will have on everybody. I am deeply sorry.
Not only were they my colleagues, they were my friends, and I have let them down. It is a decision I will regret for the rest of my life.
Leadstone worked for Middlesbrough I…
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