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Bookmaker made up £3,000 robbery

31 October 2007

HERTS, England -- As reported by the BBC: "A bookmaker claimed he had been robbed after losing thousands of pounds on a gaming machine at work, a court heard.

"Charlie Ross, 24, stole £3,657 of tokens, and lost them gambling, in Joe Jennings, in Bishop's Stortford, Herts.

"...He received a three-month jail term, suspended for a year, and was ordered to complete 200 hours unpaid work.

"...David Chrimes, prosecuting, said: 'He did not win any money and could not pay for the credit he had used. In panic he decided to report to the police that he had been robbed.'..."

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