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Updated: 13:19, 11 February 2021
A former bursar used her school s corporate card to fund a £15,000 Amazon spree on a host of lavish purchases including garden furniture, massages, Christmas meals and a designer wallet.
Emma Taylor, who was the finance manager at Northfleet School for Girls, pleaded guilty to a fraud charge after she was discovered in February 2019 by headteacher Chris Norwood.
Taylor spent £15,000 on Amazon
Investigators found more than 250 purchases had been made during a two-year period between January 31, 2017 and February 4, 2019.
Taylor, of High Trees, Stone, near Dartford, admitted a charge of committing fraud by abuse of position in a hearing at Medway Magistrates Court earlier this month.