A former bank manager has been jailed for 40 months after stealing £190,000 from his own branch.
Benjamin Thornton, 32, took the money from the Bristol branch of the Royal Bank of Scotland over a three-year period.
During a reorganisation within the bank and the appointment of a new manager at the Baldwin Street branch, concerns were raised.
An independent check of cash at the branch revealed a shortfall of £190,000.
Avon and Somerset Police said Thornton had been taking cash from the branch and hiding the shortfall by moving money around within the bank, so that no-one else would notice.
A police spokesman said: "Further inquiries showed that Thornton alone would be involved in the daily running of the bank, including counting cash at the end of the day; counting cash for audit checks; and even coming into the bank to continue the procedures when he was supposed to be on annual leave.
"He initially denied the offences and said that someone else must have used his ID to carry out the theft of the cash, however CCTV coverage showed him attending the branch when he was on annual leave when his ID was used to key in fraudulent transactions."
At a previous hearing at Bristol Crown Court, Thornton, of Clevedon, North Somerset, admitted stealing from the Royal Bank of Scotland between 2012 and 2015 and was jailed for three years and four months.
