Stole over £14,000 from town bookies

By The Newsroom

Published 14th Oct 2013, 10:00 BST

An employee of a Lurgan bookmaker’s changed losing bets into winning ones to steal over £14,000, Craigavon Court heard last Friday.

Thirty two year old Thomas McNally, of Parknasilla Way, Aghagallon, admitted a series of fraudulent offences while working at Central Bookmakers in Lurgan.

A prosecution barrister told Friday’s court that on August 30 McNally pleaded guilty, on arraignment, to ten specimen charges which took place in June and July of 2008.