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Gambler Stole From Wife to Pay Debts9 December 2002UNITED KINGDOM – As reported by the This is Swidon: "An estranged husband who forged his wife's signature to try to pay off his gambling debts has been spared prison. "Thomas Watmore, of Davis House, Swindon, borrowed more than £18,000 (US$28,422) from the bank to cover the debts, Swindon Crown Court heard. "But after he was convicted of stealing from work his marriage broke down during the summer and the 45-year-old's wife discovered the unsecured loan in both of their names. "Watmore pleaded guilty to obtaining property by deception and making a false instrument the legal term for forging a signature in this way. "…Prosecutor Colin Meeke told the court that after Watmore moved out of the family home his wife received letters from the bank demanding the debt be settled. "…When she asked what had happened to the money, he told her: `It's gone, all gone on gambling'. "Watmore admitted to police that he forged his wife's signature on the application…" |