Gambling Addict Steals From Pub

Gambling addict admits to stealing £800 from Norwich pub he was working at

Thursday, May 31, 2012

A gambling addict has been ordered to completed 100 hours of unpaid work after admitting stealing £800 from the Norwich pub he had been working in.

Coach & Horses pub in Union Street, Norwich.; Photo: Bill Smith

 

James Timbers, 28, had been working at the Coach and Horses pub, in Union Street, but let his gambling addiction get the better of him.

Timbers, who currently has no fixed address, appeared at Norwich Magistrates Court this morning to face a charge of theft.

The magistrates heard a probation report that revealed Timbers had begun taking small amounts of around £30 from the pub, but allowed this to escalate to around £80 as his gambling addiction increased.

He had started working at the Coach and Horses in October last year but has since lost his job there because of the thefts.

The probation report stated that Timbers was spending around £100 a week on gambling but was now working with addiction charity NORCAS to overcome his addiction.

Timbers was given 12-month community and supervision orders, as well as 100 hours of unpaid work, and ordered to pay back £800 in compensation to the pub’s owner.

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