Oxfordshire parish council clerk admits £160k fraud

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

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

Wills, from Chinnor, transferred another £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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