Petrol station worker stole £4,500 from employer by stuffing cash bags with ripped paper
A thief who stole £4,500 from his employer by stuffing cash bags with ripped pieces of paper will face sentence at crown court.
Ben Jenkins, aged 26, of Tower Street, Ludlow, tried to pull the wool over the bank's eyes while working at Applegreen petrol station in Bromfield Road.
Telford Magistrates Court heard how Jenkins was trusted to bank the cash for the petrol station in his role as supervisor. But, instead of filling the bags with bank notes, he filled them with ripped paper, before handing them over to G4S security staff.
When the theft was discovered in October last year, the petrol station's regional manager gave him a chance to pay the money back before calling the police. Jenkins said he would, but had already spent it on drugs.
Jenkins was reported to police and arrested. The money has not been recovered.
