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A manager of a Skipton bookies stole takings to fund his online gambling habit, a court heard.
Steven Marren, 27, stole £13,020 from William Hill Bookmakers in Swadford Street over two months between April 30 and June 16, Skipton Magistrates heard on Friday. Marren, who found himself ‘sucked in’ to gambling, would take the takings to the bank, get fed up waiting in the queue, and take the money home with him, the court was told.
He would then put the money into his own bank account and use it to visit on-line gambling sites, including Betfair.
Prosecuting, Hilary Reece said Marren, from North Dean Road, Keighley, was eventually caught out following an investigation by the company which had noticed discrepancies in the accounts.
Challenged by the company, he had already prepared his resignation notice even before the outcome of the investigation, she said.
When he was interviewed by police, he fully admitted what he had done, but added that a catalyst had been the lack of support he had received from the company, said Mrs Reece.
Marren, who admitted theft by employee, had had a number of jobs since leaving university, and had known it was a matter of time before he was found out, the court was told.
In mitigation, Maria Temkow said Marren had worked for the bookmakers for around four years, steadily working up to duty manager at Skipton.
She said Marren had told her everyone at William Hills gambled because they became ‘sucked into it’.
“He was working very long hours at Skipton, sometimes 60 hours a week for the minimum wage of around £16,000 and with no overtime. He was getting more and more depressed,” said Ms Temkow.
“There was very little support from the company and he was betting more and more.”
She said he knew he would get caught out, but was unable to stop.
“He became sucked into this life of gambling. He knows there is no excuse, but he was suffering from severe depression that he is now being treated for.
“All of the money went on the gambling, he wasn’t using it to buy expensive cars or anything like that.”
Magistrates told Marren it was a high amount of money and he had been in a position of trust at the company. They said their sentencing powers were not great enough and committed him to Bradford Crown Court for sentencing.
http://www.cravenherald.co.uk/news
A manager of a Skipton bookies stole takings to fund his online gambling habit, a court heard.
Steven Marren, 27, stole £13,020 from William Hill Bookmakers in Swadford Street over two months between April 30 and June 16, Skipton Magistrates heard on Friday. Marren, who found himself ‘sucked in’ to gambling, would take the takings to the bank, get fed up waiting in the queue, and take the money home with him, the court was told.
He would then put the money into his own bank account and use it to visit on-line gambling sites, including Betfair.
Prosecuting, Hilary Reece said Marren, from North Dean Road, Keighley, was eventually caught out following an investigation by the company which had noticed discrepancies in the accounts.
Challenged by the company, he had already prepared his resignation notice even before the outcome of the investigation, she said.
When he was interviewed by police, he fully admitted what he had done, but added that a catalyst had been the lack of support he had received from the company, said Mrs Reece.
Marren, who admitted theft by employee, had had a number of jobs since leaving university, and had known it was a matter of time before he was found out, the court was told.
In mitigation, Maria Temkow said Marren had worked for the bookmakers for around four years, steadily working up to duty manager at Skipton.
She said Marren had told her everyone at William Hills gambled because they became ‘sucked into it’.
“He was working very long hours at Skipton, sometimes 60 hours a week for the minimum wage of around £16,000 and with no overtime. He was getting more and more depressed,” said Ms Temkow.
“There was very little support from the company and he was betting more and more.”
She said he knew he would get caught out, but was unable to stop.
“He became sucked into this life of gambling. He knows there is no excuse, but he was suffering from severe depression that he is now being treated for.
“All of the money went on the gambling, he wasn’t using it to buy expensive cars or anything like that.”
Magistrates told Marren it was a high amount of money and he had been in a position of trust at the company. They said their sentencing powers were not great enough and committed him to Bradford Crown Court for sentencing.
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Gambling is a drug.
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13 Grand - there are people in the City that have stolen billions in the last few years and none of them will ever see a courtroom. Sick country we live in.
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Took Hills two months to find out that the money had not been banked !!
Must be employing former "traders" as accountants... Clueless firm employing the worst and cheapest people they can find.... |
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Agreed! With all that has been said.
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What they done was wrong in both case i put up but it just goes to show they are two totally different case but both have the same conclusion the bookies don't give a donald duck about the staff
Case ONE When he was interviewed by police, he fully admitted what he had done, but added that a catalyst had been the lack of support he had received from the company, said Mrs Reece Case TWO Kate Thomas, defending, said that training for the job had involved playing fruit machines and his gambling addiction then developed “out of the blue,” said The ex golfer from Warstones Drive, Warstones, who is now attending meetings of Gamblers Anonymous and was of previous good character, pleaded guilty to false accounting and was given a 12-month community order under supervision |
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get fed up waiting in the queue, and take the money home with him
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playing devils advocate, are both not going to say such things to try and get off, lesser sentence.
not defending just an alternative view. |
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It can be easy to become addicted to gambling when working in a betting shop
I know... but when all is said and done stealing is stealing ad |
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case two
strictly speaking case two did not steal because he did not cash in his winnings case one did |
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yhe trouble is we're told to play the machines on demo mode so we can explain how they work to the customers. still no excuse for stealing. all shop staff need to be now is confident/outgoing and with the gift of the gab, a salesperson really. knowledge of sports is of little importance.
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elton - So when are the Betting Shops going to find such a worker ?
All I see are minimum wage de-motivated staff watching the TV all day... |
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you forgot talking on the phone
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Good to see a University education gets you a long way these days......
 “He was working very long hours at Skipton, sometimes 60 hours a week for the minimum wage of around £16,000 and with no overtime" "Marren had worked for the bookmakers for around four years, steadily working up to duty manager at Skipton." |
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"I fully agree with the entertainment aspect of the statement. Visits to the betting shop should only be viewed as a fun hobby, with money you can afford to lose. Winning should not be an expectation when placing your bet, but a bonus, and betting shops should not be viewed as a source of income"
Betting Shop Ar se Licker Of The Year.... Entertainment I ask you !! The modern manager - couldn't settle a fiver at 9/4 but loves his job and all is well with the World !! Long hours minimum wage but happy... Moron.... |
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the older manager...£16.25, bearable but only just, the world is falling to pieces, contract 37.5 hrs pw, do extra some weeks but no where near 50 or 60. on a decent salary which would be difficult to match for my education, hence we have to stay. for how long will we be allowed on a red ringed anomally, maybe a couple more years before they find a legal way to get rid of us.
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used to use this bookies in the lunch hour when I worked in the town
it was a brand new shop four or five years ago and set up a few doors away from an established joke coral just to facilitate placing of a couple of fobts and was always empty as buggery mr marren must of got bored senseless which would be entireley understandable tbf |
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I suspect he volunteered to do overtime, to try and hide the lack of actual banking done, if relief staff had come in, and went hunting for the balance of the bank paying in slips...
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