An official who defrauded the Church of England out of £5.2million to spend on lavish holidays, 158 British Airways flights, and designer Burberry clothes has been jailed for five years.
Ex-prisoner Martin Sargeant, 53, was given a “second chance” after stealing from previous employers in the 1990s and landed an £86,000-a-year job with the Archdeaconry of London, Southwark Crown Court heard.
