James Fenton admitted the theft of the money from the Go Green group set up to encourage people to grow their ow fruit and veg
A former councillor stole cash from a community group to pay off his council tax arrears.
James Fenton took the money from an organisation set up to encourage people to grow their own fruit and veg.
When a member went to see him when neither he nor his treasurer daughter turned up to a meeting at Christmas following a charity fundraising event, Fenton told Leon Jackson that he had “bad news”, and that the money raised had bee used to pay off his arrears.
In total, Fenton, a former Llysfaen Community Council member, pocketed £496 of the Go Green group’s money.
Fenton, of Maenan, on Peulwys estate in Old Colwyn , pleaded guilty to the theft.
Defending Fenton, Elen Owen said: “He fully accepts he was in a position of trust as chairman and as the father of the treasurer.”
She said Fenton had pleaded guilty at the earliest opportunity, and was a volunteer at the Tir Prince Racing Circuit but suffered from diabetes which had brought on arthritis.
Sentencing him to six months jail, suspended for 18 months, Judge Philip Harris-Jenkins said: “The decision you made to take that money was an act in breach of trust and responsibility in your position as chairman.”
Fenton was ordered to pay back £397 in compensation to the charity as well as £340 towards prosec
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