Worker on £165,000 charge

A woman has been charged with stealing more than £165,000 from a publicly funded Staffordshire development agency.

Katie Richardson, aged 30, of Longhope Drive, Stone, is charged with two counts of theft totalling £165,244 related to the InStaffs development agency, based in Mill Street, Stafford, where she worked as office administrator.

Staffordshire Police said she is to appear before Cannock magistrates on Thursday.