A charity manager who cheated the organisation out of £133,000 failed to attend court for sentence.
A bench warrant for Donna Wells, who used a friend’s husband, Francis Jones, to launder some of the money through his mobile butty bar, was issued by a judge without a bail option today. Jones, 39, admitted invoices totalling £42,800 had been dishonestly paid into his business by Wells of which he had paid her £28,000 back.
Simon Christie, prosecuting, told Liverpool Crown Court Wells was service manager for Addaction based in Grangeway Community Centre, Runcorn. The organisation, now known as We Are With You, supports people with drug or alcohol problems.
