A former employee of a garden centre in Harrogate who stole cash from it for more than a year has been ordered to pay back a sum of money.
Michael Stuart, 64, of Swarcliffe Road, Harrogate, took cash from Crimple Hall on Leeds Road in Pannal between July 2019 and October 2020.
North Yorkshire Magistrates Court, sitting at Harrogate Justice Centre last week, ordered Stuart to pay £500 in compensation to Graham Watson, the managing director of Crimple Hall.
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The court also gave Stuart until June 2022 to complete 100 hours of supervised unpaid work.
Crimple Hall condemned its former employee in posts on its social media channels.
The posts said:
“Please meet a Mr Michael Stuart a once trusted and well-paid employee who repaid that benevolence by systematically stealing over a long period of time from Crimple Hall garden centre.”
The company also tweeted that it was taking action to reclaim money that had been stolen.
