Polye Parish Council

Council worker stole more than half of annual budget and spent it on drug binges

Council worker stole more than half of annual budget and spent it on drug binges Steven Gillingwater, 36, stole more than £65,000 - around 60 per cent of the council's budget - by forging signatures on dozens of cheques and diverting the cash to his own account A trusted council worker who blew more than half the authority's annual budget on cocaine binges has been jailed. Steven Gillingwater was employed at Colnbrook and Poyle Parish Council from May 2023 to manage its administration and...