A shamed council supervisor jailed for stealing £97,000-worth of equipment from his employers was also growing cannabis.
As previously reported on Chroniclelive, Karl Ellison had worked for Newcastle City Council for 25 years and was a highly trusted store warehouse boss with access to the local authority's funds. But in a shocking abuse of his position, he ordered high value items from suppliers, collected them himself then sold them on and pocketed the proceeds.
Ellison, who used the cash to bankroll his cocaine habit, pleaded guilty to fraud, which was committed between January 2020 and March 2021, and was locked up for 27 months last September. However, it has now come to light that the 54-year-old had also been growing cannabis in his Whitley Bay home.
