Chairman stole £22k from football club to fund cocaine habit
They are run by volunteers giving up their time for no financial reward."Those people trusted you - so much that you were appointed chairman.
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Chairman stole £22k from football club to fund cocaine habitImage source, John Myers/Wales OnlineImage caption, Karl Morecroft lied to fellow club members as he took payments amounting to £22,491 over the course of more than a year ByMiriam BarkerBBC WalesPublished11 minutes agoA former junior football club chairman stole £22,491 from accounts and faked HMRC documents to feed his cocaine habit.Karl Morecroft, 45, lied to club members at RTB Ebbw Vale while taking home the payments over the course of 15 months.The club in Blaenau Gwent supported 330 children and relied on the goodwill of fundraisers, parents and other volunteers to raise the money to keep the club going.Morecroft was given a 20-month jail term suspended for two years at Cardiff Crown Court on Monday, and must complete 180…
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