Alison Ramsay, 58, worked at the Fair Trade and ethical products specialist shop Shared Earth for six years, rising to be shop manager, said Kimari Storey.
For much of that time, she had her hand in the till and was forging bank counterfoils to hide her thefts. A counterfoil is the part that is torn off and kept as a record by the person issuing it.
“She thought she would get caught, but she never did. It became easier to steal so she continued,” said Ms Storey.
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