A mum-of-five who stole £111,000 from a hotel owne r that gave her a job and threatened to take them to an employment tribunal for holiday pay has been jailed and ordered to pay back £1.
Charlotte Lowery, 36, was given the job at the Tankerville Arms Hotel, in Wooler, Northumberland, by Anne Park, 71, in 2016.
Mrs Park gave the mum a chance to look after the finances, but Lowery betrayed the trust placed in her by stealing huge sums to fund her online gambling habit, Newcastle Crown Court heard.
The hotel owner has been left devastated and is now being forced to sell her home to make up for the missing finances, it was said.
The court also heard how her hopes of retiring and leaving a thriving business to her sons are in ruins.
Lowery of Lesbury, Alnwick, has been jailed for theft, ChronicleLive reports.
