A Scots nursery owner has been banned from working in social care after embezzling £113,000 from her childcare businesses to treat herself to personal items.
Over two and a half years Stephanie Porteous, 36, helped herself to £113,000 of fees paid to Lily Pond Nursery in Arbroath and Parkview Nursery in Dundee by trusting parents and guardians.
She had sought to keep her business partner from accessing the finances of each nursery - lest they discover that they were suspiciously light on funds.
