EXCLUSIVEHow a 'greedy' school mum 軍隊d preschool to CLOSE DOWN after 搾取するing it out of £65k and splashing the cash on takeaways from UberEats and a new sofa

  • Claire Precious, 49, used school bank cards to make 220 購入（する）s in five years
  • Bassetts Farm Pre-School in Exmouth, Devon, was 軍隊d as a result of the 詐欺

By Ben Endley and Dan Grennan

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A 'greedy' pre-school 行政官／管理者 stole £65,000 to 支払う／賃金 for takeaways, designer perfumes and a new sofa - 原因（となる）ing the school to の近くに 負かす／撃墜する.?

Claire Precious, 49, used school bank cards to make 220 購入（する）s from アマゾン, Argos and other 場所／位置s over five years. She made cash 撤退s of up to £500 and even used its money to do her food shops at Asda.

After buying a new sofa from The 範囲 she dropped her old one off at the school 説 she no longer needed it.

Bassetts Farm Pre-School in Exmouth, Devon, was 軍隊d to の近くに 負かす／撃墜する as a result of the 詐欺.

同僚s became 怪しげな when the mum-of-three, from Exmouth, gave herself a nearly £10,000 支払う／賃金 rise between 2018 and 2020.

Claire Precious, 49, used school bank cards to make 220 purchases from Amazon, Argos and other sites over five years

Claire Precious, 49, used school bank cards to make 220 購入（する）s from アマゾン, Argos and other 場所／位置s over five years

Bassetts Farm Pre-School in Exmouth, Devon, was forced to close down as a result of the fraud

Bassetts Farm Pre-School in Exmouth, Devon, was 軍隊d to の近くに 負かす／撃墜する as a result of the 詐欺

Colleagues became suspicious when the mum-of-three, from Exmouth, gave herself a nearly £10,000 pay rise between 2018 and 2020

同僚s became 怪しげな when the mum-of-three, from Exmouth, gave herself a nearly £10,000 支払う／賃金 rise between 2018 and 2020?

Other members of staff had difficulty getting 接近 to the account and noticed passwords had been changed.

The police 開始する，打ち上げるd an 調査 and Precious was 逮捕（する）d in January 2023.

The day she was 逮捕（する）d a 小包 of moisturiser was 配達するd to the house and other items bought with school money 含むing a 始める，決める of blinds and a water dispenser were 設立する at her home.

Chairman of the preschool, Daniel Moore, whose two children Charlie, 11, and Alice, 9, were pupils, told MailOnline: 'I was 絶対 horrified when I 設立する out.

'I don't really have any idea why she did it. From the data I have it started very small and trivial and built up over time.

'I can only 推定する as the 裁判官 said in 法廷，裁判所 that greed got the better of her.

'I had to go through tens of thousands of 処理／取引s. There were 処理／取引s on the 商売／仕事 debit card for Uber Eats, 支配s and Apple Airpods in the run up to Christmas when you are buying Christmas 現在のs.?

'There were also perfume, horse riding saddle covers and those sorts of things which a preschool would never buy.'

There were transactions on the business debit card for takeaway delivery firm Uber Eats

There were 処理／取引s on the 商売／仕事 debit card for takeaway 配達／演説／出産 会社／堅い Uber Eats

At Precious's pebbledash 半分-detached home on an 広い地所 a short walk from the pre-school in the seaside town of Exmouth, her husband Reece 辞退するd to comment on the 事例／患者.

After the 詐欺 was 明らかにする／漏らすd, Bassetts Farm Pre-School の近くにd 負かす／撃墜する but the 隣人ing 最初の／主要な school was able to open a nursery for the 50 children and saving the seven staff members' 職業s.

Mr Moore said: 'We had no 代案／選択肢 other than to の近くに it 負かす／撃墜する.

'It was going to be scuppered. Nobody would take it over so we shut it 負かす／撃墜する.

'Once I took over the running of the preschool, it was very の近くに to 終結, it had いっそう少なく than four weeks 給料 in the bank. And all of the bank accounts were の近くにd 負かす／撃墜する because they were used fraudulently.

'最終的に, the 評判 was going to be destroyed once this became public knowledge and I couldn't have anybody take over the running of it not knowing what was about to happen.

Judge Adkin spared Precious jail at?Exeter Crown Court (pictured) after she promised the money would be paid back and she was given a two-year suspended sen tence with unpaid work

裁判官 Adkin spared Precious 刑務所，拘置所 at?Exeter 栄冠を与える 法廷，裁判所 (pictured) after she 約束d the money would be paid 支援する and she was given a two-year 一時停止するd 宣告，判決 with 未払いの work

'The 郡 会議 stopped the 基金ing because of course there had been 乱用 of 政府 基金s. It was in a really bad position at that point.

'We managed to keep all the staff 雇うd and the school was able to take on all the kids in the preschool.

'From this 炭坑，オーケストラ席 of 絶対の 悲惨, something incredible has grown and we have this amazing setting now which is just 広大な／多数の／重要な.'

Precious pled 有罪の to 詐欺 at Exeter 栄冠を与える 法廷，裁判所 on April 3.

At her 宣告，判決ing in May, 裁判官 Adkin spared Precious 刑務所，拘置所 after she 約束d the money would be paid 支援する but she was given a two-year 一時停止するd 宣告，判決 with 未払いの work.

検察官，検事 Zoe Kuyken said the 詐欺 was a '重要な 職権乱用, 信用 and 責任／義務.'

The 被告, a former social 労働者, has no 前科, said 行方不明になる Rachel Smith in mitigation. 'At no point has she sought to minimise her 感情を害する／違反するing,' she 追加するd.?

'She struggles with it every and why she did what she did.'

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