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Mother, 23, went on huge shopping spree after council put £52,000 in her bank account by MISTAKE

  • Michaela Hutchings blew £9,000 on trip to Birmingham's Bullring Centre
  • She bought designer clothes, shoes, jeans, sunglasses and other luxuries
  • The 23-year-old transferred £40,000 into an investment account
  • Council just managed to stop a further £44,500 being wired to her account
  • Court heard how she had been influenced by her former partner
  • Sentenced to a 12-month community order and 150 hours unpaid work

Vain: Michaela Hutchings spent £52,000 Litchfield Council put in her account by mistake, instead of reporting the error
 
Michaela Hutchings spent £52,000 Litchfield Council put in her account by mistake, instead of reporting the error

A young woman went on a marathon shopping spree hours after a bungling council accidentally credited her bank account with £52,000.
Michaela Hutchings, 23, spent £9,000 on expensive designer clothes, sunglasses and other items after finding the money in her account.
Instead of reporting the error, she also gave her mother Elaine £1,000 in cash, before she  was caught by police
After she was caught, officers discovered she had transferred £40,000 into an investment account after taking advice from her bank, which was unaware of the mistake.

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