Leicester Curve employee stole more than £800,000

A man has pleaded guilty to laundering around £868,000 from Leicester Curve, stolen by his wife, who worked at the theatre.

The Leicester Mercury reports that Karen McGowan, 50, siphoned off the money over a period of 15 months.

McGowan worked in the venue's finance department for five years when in April 2019 her fraud was discovered and she was sacked.

Prosecutor Andrew Peet said that Mrs McGowan was addicted to gambling and would put the money into the account of her husband, Graham McGowan, 57, before transferring it to her own.

She has also pleaded guilty to money laundering and two counts of fraud.

The couple are due to be sentenced at Leicester Crown Court on a later date.