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Suspended jail term for memorial fund thief Natalie Thomas | Suspended jail term for memorial fund thief Natalie Thomas |
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A woman who stole £8,500 from a friend's memorial fund has been given a two-year suspended jail sentence. | A woman who stole £8,500 from a friend's memorial fund has been given a two-year suspended jail sentence. |
Natalie Thomas, 25, of Whitland, Carmarthenshire, offered to help with the fund, set up after Laura Rees died in a car crash in 2012. | |
Swansea Crown Court heard the money was supposed to go towards a hospital's children's wing but she admitted "dipping into the fund". | |
The court heard she intended to pay it back but was not able to. | |
An earlier hearing at Llanelli Magistrates' Court was told Thomas organised a charity night, including a quiz, karaoke and an auction to help raise money in her friend's memory. | |
Nursery worker Ms Rees, of St Clears, near Carmarthen, died in October 2012 in the head-on collision on her way to have a bridesmaid dress fitted. | |
She was later buried in the dress. |