'Hard working, respectful' Chester Zoo worker stole £180,000 to fund a crippling addiction
manchestereveningnews.co.ukA Chester Zoo worker has been jailed after he stole more than £180,000 from his former employer to fund his gambling addiction.
Daniel Remmington worked in a 'trusted' position as a bookkeeper for Liverpool Motor Auctions Ltd but instead helped himself to huge sums of cash over the course of more than a year, a court heard.
The money was used to 'clear his overdraft' or 'went straight over the counter or into betting terminals at William Hill', a judge said.
The 29-year-old, who was working for Chester Zoo before he was sentenced, admitted to having a gambling addiction. Liverpool Motor Auctions Ltd folded and innocent staff members lost their jobs as a result of his crimes, the Liverpool Echo reports. READ NEXT: Lee Amos: The rise and fall of Gooch gangster whose face was plastered around Manchester when he faced justice A trial at Liverpool Crown Court heard how Remmington stole a total of £186,000 from the car auction company between March 2019 and April 2020 while working as its cashier and bookkeeper.
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