Mum to spend Christmas in jail after stealing £111,000 from hotel

A mum-of-five transferred £111,000 from a pub she was working at into her own account to fund a gambling addiction.

Charlotte Lowery, 36, diverted £111,024 belonging to the Tankerville Arms, in Wooler, Northumberland, into her own bank account.

Newcastle Crown Court heard she spent £90,000 of the stolen cash on gambling websites and used the rest to ‘live well beyond her means’.

Because of the loss...