Headteacher Andrew Wilkie jailed for £53k theft from school – BBC News

Posted March 23rd, 2012 in abuse of position of trust, news, sentencing, teachers, theft by tracey

“A headteacher has been jailed for 16 months after stealing more than £53,000 from his school to fund a gambling addiction. Andrew Wilkie, 41, admitted two charges of theft from Southdown Primary School in Buckley, Flintshire, after losing his life savings on online poker sites.”

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BBC News, 2nd March 2012

Source: www.bbc.co.uk