Fraudster donates to children's charities
Howard Lake | 15 January 2000 | News
Modern day Robin Hood faces jail.
In a bizarre case of corporate giving and taking, Christopher Barrington stole £17,635 from his employer Direct Marketing Partnerships in Cheltenham and donated it all to children’s charities. He faces up to three years in prison.
Read more at BBC News Online.
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