Fraudster gran's 'deplorable' theft of over £20k from dementia charity she was running
For all the latest news from in and around Bolton, sign up for the free MyBolton newsletterA fraudster charity boss stole more than £20,000 from the dementia support group she ran.Barbara Clarke, 69, was in charged of Bolton Dementia Support but used her position to repeatedly take unauthorised sums of money out of the charity's coffers.She also employed her grandson, Scott Schofield-Clarke, 21, giving him sick pay while he worked at another job.Clarke pleaded guilty to seven counts of fraud spanning a period between 2013 and 2018.Philip Hall, prosecuting, told the court that the charity received money from government grant funding, donations from the public and purchases from the associated charity shop.He said Clarke was one of three