SUPERMARK CLERK CONVICTED FOR LOTTERY THEFT
22 January 2010
CCTV cameras don't lie...
A counter assistant at a supermarket in the UK city of
Plymouth has been convicted of stealing a winning
lottery ticket from Paul Lamerton (40), a customer, and
cashing it in for himself.
Daniel Saunders (25)
made a thoroughly dishonest start to 2010 when the
customer asked him to machine-check his lottery ticket.
Despite the ticket showing a win of GBP 450, Saunders
told the customer it had won nothing and dropped it into
a rubbish bin. When the player left, Saunders retrieved
the ticket and cashed it in as his own.
Unfortunately for the thief, Lamerton later went online
to check his numbers in a later draw....and he noticed
that his supposedly dud ticket had been a winner. He
immediately contacted the supermarket manager, who
reviewed the CCTV footage, confirmed that something was
amiss and confronted his employee.
Saunders at
first denied the accusations but later 'fessed up.
This week he was convicted by the Plymouth Crown
Court, where Judge Paul Darlow said: "This was a mean
theft" in sentencing him to 240 hours of unpaid state
work and to repay the full amount to Lamerton. The court
was told that Saunders had previous convictions for
similarly dishonest incidents, where he took money from
an elderly person and also stole phone cards from a
previous employer.
Speaking to local reporters,
Lamerton said: "All the years we play it and never win
it and then someone nicks your money."
Online Casino News Courtesy of
Infopowa
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