Till worker stole £1,350 from store

A SHOP assistant has admitted embezzling £1,300 and scratch cards from the supermarket where she worked.

Lisa Glancey, 28, was sacked after helping herself to money from the tills of the kiosk area in Morrisons in Linlathen between July and September 2018.

Glancey, who submitted a letter to Dundee Sheriff Court pleading guilty, was caught with coins she had pilfered following a disciplinary interview. Glancey initially denied responsibility, stating: “Mistakes happen.”

At one point, she picked up her fleece and staff could hear change rattling. She emptied her pockets which contained £20 of coins.

An “agitated” Glancey was asked to do this on a second occasion and emptied her trouser pocket with the same number of coins.

She then admitted responsibility and lost her job. Staff also found a carrier bag containing used scratch cards from behind the kiosk.

The court heard suspicions arose after money went missing from tills 81 and 83 in the kiosk area. Inquiries with staff and CCTV reviews concluded Glancey was responsible.

A loss prevention specialist attended the shop in September 2018. The specialist checked the till registration records and found that between July and September, £1,350 was missing from the tills where Glancey had been working.

It was revealed Glancey, of

Ballindean Road, would open the till necessarily and was doing the same to tills she was not operating.

Glancey pleaded guilty to embezzling £1,350 and lottery scratch cards from Morrisons, Afton Way, between July 2 andSeptember 3 2018.

Defence solicitor Ross Bennett said in a letter to the court that Glancey had been a “well regarded” employee.

He wrote: “At the time she became fixated with scratch cards and she feels looking back that she was suffering from depression. She is now consulting her GP in relation to this.

“She complied fully and then lost her job as a result. She is now working part-time as a cleaner.”

Sheriff Alastair Carmichael deferred sentence on Glancey until September for social work reports.