A 61-YEAR-OLD woman who admitted embezzling more than £9,000 from an out-of-school club in the Borders will be sentenced next month.
Alison McWilliam stole the cash while working at The Big Space at Melrose Primary School.
Selkirk Sheriff Court heard the offence happened at her home in the town’s Chapel Street between July and August last year.
Sentence has been deferred until June 13 to find out more about the teacher's health, employment, and if she had repaid any of the money.
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McWilliam previously embezzled more than £12,000 from the Duns Summer Festival, leaving them with just 18p in their bank account, in 2014.
At the time, she was sentenced to two years’ supervision and 200 hours of unpaid work.
Jedburgh Sheriff Court heard the then 55-year-old – who blamed an online gambling habit – had cashed in her pension to pay back the sum she embezzled.
McWilliam was also sacked from her job as a Modern Studies teacher at Kelso High School, but avoided being struck off by The General Teaching Council in 2017.
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