A long-serving treasurer of an athletics group helped himself to thousands of pounds in a disgraceful breach of trust.
Leslie Venmore had held the voluntary position with the North East Athletics Association for decades when he started diverting funds to himself to spend on day-to-day living expenses.
Now the 76-year-old, who has never been in trouble before, has been given a suspended prison sentence at Newcastle Crown Court after he admitted fraud by abuse of position. The court heard that between February 2019 and September 2020, he fraudulently transferred £13,852.53p from the association to himself.
