He added that Hutchings, from Lichfield, Staffordshire, was encouraged to spend the money by her boyfriend at the time.
He said: ‘I have no doubt you were influenced by your partner – he wanted to spend the money. You went on a spending spree and between you, you spent £9,000. This man who spurred you on is no longer in your life – no doubt your family will be glad about that.’
Hutchings, who is believed to be a single stay-at-home mother, was given a 12-month community order and told to carry out 150 hours of unpaid work. The court heard an administrative error meant Lichfield District Council accidentally transferred £52,000 into her account instead of paying Bromford Housing Association.
The council managed to stop a further £44,500 being transferred into her account and desperately tried to trace her to explain the error.
But by the time they caught Hutchings, she had spent more than £9,000 during a shopping spree at Birmingham’s Bull- ring centre.
The court heard that she and her partner bought designer shoes, jeans, sunglasses and other luxuries.
Hutchings, the mother of a young daughter, will face a further investigation under the Proceeds of Crime Act relating to the £40,000 she transferred into an investment account. Phillip Bradley, defending, said she admitted to a ‘fleeting moment of pleasure’ in spending the money.
He added: ‘However, in her mind she was aware this situation would end badly. This was a woman who had shown no sign of dishonesty in her life.’
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