A mum-of-five who stole £111,000 from a hotel owne r that gave her a job and threatened to take them to an employment tribunal for holiday pay has been jailed and ordered to pay back £1.
Charlotte Lowery, 36, was given the job at the Tankerville Arms Hotel, in Wooler, Northumberland, by Anne Park, 71, in 2016.
Mrs Park gave the mum a chance to look after the finances, but Lowery betrayed the trust placed in her by stealing huge sums to fund her online gambling habit, Newcastle Crown Court heard.