Gran sells home to pay back £115k she stole from Norfolk charity
A 65-year-old woman has been ordered to sell her home to repay £115,000 she embezzled from a Norfolk-based archaeological charity. The theft nearly caused the organization to collapse, but it has since recovered following the repayment.
Why it matters
The case highlights the vulnerability of small non-profit organizations to internal fraud and the legal consequences for those who abuse positions of trust.
Share Save Add as preferred on Google Robby West Sedgeford, Norfolk BBC Pamela Bent previously pleaded guilty to fraud and false accounting A great-grandma who stole £115,000 from a charity has been forced to sell her home to repay the money.
Pamela Bent took the money while working as the treasurer of the Sedgeford Historical and Archaeological Research Project (Sharp), based near Hunstanton, in Norfolk.
The then 65-year-old avoided jail but received a two-year suspended sentence on the condition she sold her home to repay what she took.
A director for Sharp said the crime nearly shut the organisation but it was now "on the up" after the money had been repaid.
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