A mum who stole more than £30,000 from her employer was jailed this week.
Lesa Carter, 48, appeared at Chester Crown Court on Wednesday, July 7, when she was sentenced to 18 months in prison.
Carter, of Handley Drive, Warrington, had pleaded guilty to two counts of theft and one count of fraud.
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The charges related to Carter's time working at Clarks shoe store in Stockton Heath, and a branch at Golden Square in Warrington town centre.
The court heard the Warrington mum stole £17,843.50 from tills, and then stole another £12,378 through bogus refunds over four years.
An audit revealed that Carter had been fabricating refunds where no shoes had been bought. The full extent of Carter's offending was then revealed.
The offending dated from October 2015 to late 2019.
The Stockton Heath and Warrington town centre branches are Clark franchises and run by a local businessman.
A police spokesman told the ECHO: "Cater voluntarily attended questioning and was summoned to appear at Warrington Magistrates' on 4 May where she was formally charged with fraud by false representation and two counts of thefts. The total value was £30,221.50."
Carter will face a proceeds of crime hearing in September at Chester Crown court.
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