A crafty mum swindled a quarter of a million pounds from her long-term employers to fund a lavish lifestyle of expensive holidays, clothes and jewellery.
Angela Boote, 52, 'lied repeatedly' as she desperately tried to cover up her crimes and avoid being brought to justice.
But the net closed on the brazen criminal, who was described as a trusted and well-liked employee and had worked for her company since 1994, the Liverpool Echo reports.
