Man embezzled £12k from Borders car dealership
A man who admitted embezzling more than £12,000 from a car dealership in the Scottish Borders has been given six months to repay the money.
Gordon Thomson was working at Lloyd Land Rover, on Pinnaclehill Industrial Estate in Kelso, when he committed the offence, on a number of occasions between April 17th, 2019 and May 14th, 2019.
According to court papers, the 54-year-old - who gave an address in East Lothian - held a position of trust at the time.
Sentence has been deferred at Jedburgh Sheriff Court to allow for full repayment of the £12,350 taken.
Thomson is due to return on February 26th, 2024. And Sheriff Peter Paterson warned him he won't go unpunished.
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Meanwhile, a 20-year-old drink driver who bit a police officer on the arm has been ordered to carry out 120 hours of unpaid work and banned from the road for 14 months.
Lewis Allan, from Galashiels, tested four times the legal alcohol limit after crashing his car in the early hours of June 11th last year.
Jedburgh Sheriff Court today (Monday) heard he had driven to Hawick after breaking up with his girlfriend when he assaulted the officer in the town's Mansfield Road.
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