Accounts manager slips over $212,000 from charity’s books to her own pocket

A 48-year-old local accounts manager stole nearly $240,000, mostly from a charitable trust, over four years, manipulating the books to hide the theft from her employers.

Sarah-Lee Turnbull, who is also known as Sarah-Lee Edmonds, pleaded guilty to two charges of obtaining by deception in Auckland District Court before Judge Deb Bell last week.

• Paul Mitchell

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