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0500 'retirement fund' came from fares boxes
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• A 49-year-old man who pleaded guilty to stealing £3511 from SELN8C PTE while employed as a relief cashier was jailed for 12 months at Manchester last week.
Mr Michael Shorrock, prosecuting, had said that over 18 months, while employed as a relief cashier, Mr Thomas Shorrocks had taken as much as £50 a week when emptying fare boxes on one-man-operated buses.
Counsel said the defendant's duty was to empty ,these fare boxes and he began stealing in June 1970. After his employers became suspicious, he was seen by the
police on February 16 1972 when he returned £11 in 10p pieces and a further £250 in £5 notes.
Later, in a statement, Shorrocks admitted that he had taken money, about £2 a week at first and eventually as much as £50 a week.
Counsel stated that £3000 had been returned. The accused had had £1000 at his home, £1000 in a building society and £1000 in a savings bank.
Defending, Mr Rodney Scholes said that there had been no high living or gambling. "He found it easy and became greedy. He
did not spend any of the money and says he wanted it as capital for his retirement. He was handling large sums of money on a wage of £23 a week." He added that Shorrocks intended to pay the balance of the stolen money with money which would come to him from a superannuation fund.
Jailing Shorrocks for 12 months, Judge Arthur Presitt said "You were in a position of trust. But week by week, day by day, you broke that trust by stealing from your employers."