ACCOUNTS CHIEF SPARED PRISON OVER £250K SCHOOL FRAUD

摘要

The accounts chief of a catholic educational trust, which runs four private London schools, was spared prison despite helping herself to nearly £250,000 belonging to the organisation she worked for. Accountant Melanie Goodwin, 57, even enjoyed a grace-and-favour apartment in a listed 18th century building in London. Recorder of Croydon, Warwick McKinnon QC, ordered Goodwin to wear an electronic tag and imposed a six-month night-time curfew. But he imposed a suspended sentence at Croydon Crown Court, saying: 'That was a hairline decision that would be seen by many that-you have got away with a serious crime.'