Manager faces stiff penalty for stealing
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N by Dominic Perry
A former office manager and driver at a South Wales haulage firm could face a jail sentence after admitting stealing more than 14,000 from the firm.
James Tindal of Barry pleaded guitty at Vale of Glamorgan Magistrates Court to 15 counts of obtaining property by deception from Barrybased M&G Haulage.
The magistrates were told that Tindal altered documents relating to wages, increasing his weekly total from 1280 to £580, before faxing them to the bank.
Company director Michelle Goodman only discovered the discrepancy when she returned from holiday and opened a file containing the employee's wage sheets.
Tindal fully admitted the charges to police following Ills arrest.
Goodman says she feels betrayed by the theft: "This employee was trusted by myself and my partner to help run the business. I even lent him £.6,000 to help him buy a house," she says.
"I feel betrayed by this and I have lost something apart from the money—I have lost my trust in people and the employees around me."
Stuart Ramshaw, defending, told the court that Tindal had offered to repay the money and that /280 of the 1580 was actually due to him.
The magistrates told Tindal the offence was so serious that the Crown Court should decide his sentence. He was remanded on bail to appear in Cardiff Crown Court on 2 February.