Woman repays $12,000 stolen from bank
A woman who has paid over $12,000 reparation to a bank she stole from was sentenced to four months home detention in the Christchurch District Court.
Michelle Kay Portland, 46, was a services consultant for ANZ bank for three years. She was taking money out of the fast deposits she was meant to be processing.
Defence counsel Louise Denton said the offending occurred over four months, and Portland took money seven times.
She said it was not a sophisticated crime, and Portland had apologised to the bank.
Judge Paul Kellar said he was sentencing Portland on seven charges of theft by a person in a special relationship, committed between August and November 2013 with Portland keeping cash worth $12,389.
He said it was a breach of trust, and premeditated offending, but Portland was going through a lot of difficulty through a dysfunctional relationship at the time.
He sentenced her to four months home detention, saying that she was genuinely remorseful and had no previous convictions.
Portland cried through most of the sentencing.
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