Oxfordshire parish council clerk admits 拢160k fraud

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Image caption, Joanne Wills was the clerk of Towersey and Chinnor Parish Councils

A former clerk of two parish councils has admitted defrauding them of more than 拢160,000.

Joanne Wills, 47, stole 拢161,864 from Towersey and Chinnor parish councils in Oxfordshire, between December 2009 and January 2021.

Wills, from Chinnor, transferred another 拢20,622 from one council to another, Oxford Magistrates' Court heard.

She was bailed and will be sentenced at Oxford Crown Court on 30 June.

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