A TEENAGE bartender has walked from court after stealing more than $50,000 from his work's safe at the end of his shift then blowing the cash on a car, clothes and casino chips.
Newcastle District Court heard Adam John Barrett was in the grips of a gambling addiction when he stole $51,170 cash from the Gateshead Tavern and Motel in May, last year, because he thought at the time the business deserved it for profiting from poker machines.
