Siobhan Ferguson's gambling addiction led her to defraud the store where she worked by taking National Lottery tickets and scratch cards almost costing five people their jobs Siobhan Ferguson (Image: UGC)

A mum-of-five was found with £19k worth of lottery tickets and scratch cards when police turned up at her door. Siobhan Ferguson's gambling addiction drove her to defraud the convenience store where she worked, nearly costing five people their jobs.

The 40-year-old was convicted of fraud by false accounting at Preston Crown Court, following revelations that she had been swiping National Lottery tickets and scratch cards from the Premier Store on Devonshire Road in Ulverston, Cumbria.

The court heard that between January and December 2020, Ferguson succumbed to her gambling add

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