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Church leader stole pounds 24,000 from couple.
(From The Journal)
Byline: Dan Warburton
A FORMER Salvation Army captain escaped jail yesterday after she "robbed Peter to pay Paul" and plundered more than pounds 33,000 from the charity and a pensioner.
Heather Wallace, 52, was entrusted with the finances of Kathleen Maggs after she was diagnosed with Alzheimer's disease.
But in a two-and-a-half year spending spree she wrote cheques, withdrew cash and used a debit card to take pounds 24,700 from Mrs Maggs' account.
During that time she repaid pounds 9,669 she had stolen from the Salvation Army in Somerset, and also paid off her son's debts and his rent. She also bought a fridge, specialist pounds 145 insoles for her shoes, made supermarket purchases, paid for dental treatment and cleared a pounds 969 tax bill.
The thefts stopped when Mrs Maggs died in August 2005, aged 84, but it took more than 18 months for the scandal to come to light when her husband died, aged 92.
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