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Trusted staff member and governor stole £100,000-worth of toner from school Wayne David Raymond Collins A trusted staff member and governor who stole more than £100,000 worth of printer toner while working at a West Cumbria secondary school has been spared immediate prison. Wayne David Raymond Collins, 34, was in the grip of a gambling addiction as he pinched from St Benedict’s, in Whitehaven, while employed as a campus operations manager. Collins was responsible for ordering printer toner for the school. But Cumbria police were alerted by their Devon and Cornwall counterparts tha...

BBC News Published image captionWayne Collins was addicted to gambling, the court heard A school manager and governor stole more than £100,000 of printer toner from his employers to sell online. Wayne Collins, of Blake Close in Whitehaven, was addicted to gambling while he worked at St Benedict's High School, Carlisle Crown Court heard. The school's business director, Mary Lowrey, said Collins had "abused the position of trust he has been in". But, because of his previous good character, his a two-year jail term was suspended for two years. The court heard Collins, 34, had been a "well liked...

Wayne David Raymond Collins admitted stealing the toner before magistrates during his first appearance. The offending took place between January 21 2013 and February 23 2019, the court heard. He took the toner while he was employed as a staff member at St Benedict’s Catholic High School on Red Lonning in Whitehaven. Collins, of Blake Close, also in Whitehaven, admitted the charge of theft by an employee at Workington’s magistrates’ court. The total value of the toner taken was £117,994.02. The 34-year-old was granted unconditional bail by the court ahead of being sentenced ...