Bingo Club Cleaner Given 12 Month Supervision Sentence

A leaning supervisor at a Keighley bingo hall was recently sentenced to a twelve month supervision order for arranging it so that her nephew could break into her place of work to steal from the gaming machines. The woman, forty-three year old Carolyn Richardson was found guilty of a breach of trust by Judge Christopher Prince of the Bradford Crown Court.

The court heard that Richardson, who worked in the bingo club on a contract basis, had foolishly told a colleague about the plot to rob the gaming machines in the bingo club. He twenty-one year old nephew arrived at the club with a nineteen year old friend and after they were let in by Richardson, the proceeded to ransack fruit machines with the use of a hammer. In all, they stole £5 738 from the machines. And it appears that stupidity runs in the family because her nephew purchased a Renault Clio for cash the same day and then went on to pay for a gold chain at a jewelers, paying with £1 coins. Apparently he was already on an electronically-monitored curfew, so it didn't take the police long to put two and two together as it was found he had been out, outside of his curfew. James received 20 months and his partner in crime a twelve month supervision, similar attacks on Gala bingo clubs had been held in both Leeds and Bradford.