Staffordshire accountant found guilty of fraud at Perry Castings

A debt-ridden accountant plundered nearly £10,000 from a client's accounts to fund holiday trips abroad.

A court was told that Staffordshire mother-of- two Jennifer Lloyd wrote out cheques for herself.

She stole from the account of engineering firm Perry Castings instead of paying the company's PAYE bill to the Inland Revenue.

Although she had debts of £20,000, she used the stolen money to fund trips to Spain and a holiday to Dubai, Stafford Crown Court heard.

Lloyd, aged 39, of Eagle Close, Cheslyn Hay, who admitted a charge of fraud, was sentenced to six months jail suspended for two years.

She was also ordered to do 200 hours unpaid community work and pay £6,100 compensation to Perry Castings.

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