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Ethan James

Receptionist could be jailed for Cricket Tasmania theft

The woman embroiled in a texting saga with former Australian Test cricket captain Tim Paine could be jailed for stealing from one-time employer Cricket Tasmania after it was revealed she took some $29,000 from a previous workplace.

Renee Ferguson, 49, appeared in Hobart Magistrates Court on Thursday and admitted stealing $5600 in cash and memberships from the sporting body in 2017 while working as a receptionist.

Her lawyer Marcia Edwards said Ferguson found herself in a "whirlwind to somehow punish Cricket Tasmania" after she raised issues about a toxic workplace that had largely been ignored.

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