Morrisons employee who stole more than £6,000 from supermarket avoids jail
A shop worker who stole more than £6,000 at a store has been given a suspended prison sentence.
Paul Meredith took £6,480.09 from the Morrisons supermarket in Wellington, Telford, between December 17 and Christmas Eve 2021.
After admitting one count of theft by employee, the 45-year-old from Noel Hill Road, Cross Houses, was sentenced at Telford Magistrates’ Court on Wednesday.
He was given a four-month prison sentence suspended for 12 months, with a year-long rehabilitation order also put in place. Magistrates also ordered him to pay £1,930 in compensation.
