Awoman "caused significant financial damage to a local business" with crimes that cost her employer hundreds of thousands of pounds.

Louise Chambers, 41, from Thirsk, worked as finance manager for a group of Knaresborough-based companies in North Yorkshire from March 2021 to November 2022, when she was dismissed. A review then identified fraudulent payments from company accounts to accounts linked to Chambers, including a current account, a credit card and a council tax account.