Desborough bookies employee who cheated the till spared jail

She helped herself to more than £5,000
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A thieving employee who stole more than £5,000 from a Desborough bookies has been given a second chance by magistrates.

Jasmin Major, 19, cheated the till to help herself to cash at Coral in Station Road.

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Between October and November last year Major, of Kettering, took advantage of the system to steal when punters used a debit card to place bets.

Major stole from Coral.Major stole from Coral.
Major stole from Coral.

The teenager had to tell the till of the debit card transaction so it knew how much had been traded each day, and she would then transfer it from the till electronically with a switch code.

Instead, after telling the till of the amount she did not make the correct switch code electronic transfer - physically taking cash from the till and hiding it under betting slips.

Her crime went unnoticed until the Coral head office spotted the anomaly and launched an investigation. In total she stole £5,190.

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Major was arrested and charged with theft, which she admitted at Northampton Magistrates' Court in July.

Appearing at the same court this month to be sentenced, chairman of the bench Dr Romanos Daskalou decided her crime was so serious it crossed the custody threshold.

But Major was spared from an immediate spell in prison and given a second chance, with her 12-week jail term suspended for a year.

She must pay compensation of £1,000 and take part in rehabilitation activities.

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