Jayne Armstrong-Yeomans, 49, resorted to robbing from a social club, where she ran the bar, after becoming addicted to online poker and racking up gambling debts of more than £60,000.The former Labour party councillor, who was mayor of Carlisle from 1993 until 1994, wept at the city's Crown Court, where she was sentenced to 12 months for theft.
The court heard how Armstrong-Yeomans, now living in Falkirk, Scotland, stole £38,000 from the South End Constitutional Club, in Carlisle and then lied to club officials in a last-ditch attempt to hide her double life.
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1 comment:
Great Blog.
I am sure there are hundreds of these scumbags screwing the tax payer big time.
A good idea to get them all in one place.
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