The Exeter Crown Court listened to the story of a poker junkie who was lead astray by her former boyfriend, himself a poker addict, and how she tried to pay back the money she stole from her employer. When it was all said and done Judge Graham Cottle sentenced Cindy Streets to a one year jail term.
Working for Lets Go Travel, a travel agency owned by Daytime TV host Phillip Schofield, who also stars in commercials for the shop, Streets started faking computer records to cover her theft of foreign currency, which she used to gamble in an attempt to pay off her credit card debt, as well as pay back money she had taken previously. In the end she was charged with taking £26,100 over four months, nearly double her annual salary. |
