Toby Levy was jailed at Swansea Crown Court for theft
A SPORTS shop worker who stole more than £2,000 from the store by carrying out refunds for goods that had never been sold and pocketing the cash was on a suspended sentence for fraud in connection with previous employer, a court has heard.
Toby Levy rang 110 transactions through the tills at the Rugby Heaven shop in Swansea, issuing refunds for sports goods that had never actually been sold.
At the time of the offence the 23-year-old was on a suspended prison sentence for fraud after going on a spending spree with a National Trust bank card — including buying items at the shop he would go on to work at and steal from.
Levy, formerly of Gwili Terrace in Mayhill, Swansea, but now of Azalea Close, Calne, Wiltshire, had previously pleaded guilty to theft by an employee when he appeared in the dock of Swansea Crown Court for sentencing.
Tom Scapens, for the prosecution, said managers at the Swansea sports shop became aware of a problem with refunds for unsold stock and confronted Levy — during their interview with him his bosses said they felt let down as they had know about his earlier conviction but had been prepared to give him a second chance.
The court heard that between July 2015 and May this year Livy carried out 110 refunds, usually after the shop had closed for the day, and pocketed £2,212.
The thefts from the shop put Levy in breach of a 20-week suspended sentence imposed by Llanelli Magistrates Court last year.
That case related to Levy's former employers, the National Trust — after leaving his job as a business co-ordinator at the charity's Dinefwr Park site he had spent more than £4,000 from their account on a range of items including a project management course, a stay in a hotel, an England rugby jersey, watches, gym equipment. and a CenterParcs holiday for his parents.
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The court heard Levy had only completed 52-and-a-half hours of the 300 hours of unpaid work he had been ordered to do by justices for that offence.
Stuart John, for Levy, said his client was suffering from depression and had "found himself in a difficult financial situation" following a relationship "which he regarded as serious", and from which he had been unable to recover.
Judge Michael Burr said courts always took thefts involving a breach of trust seriously — he sentenced Levy to six months for theft, and activated 16 weeks of the previously imposed fraud sentence, both to run consecutively.
He also ordered that the prison service be made aware of the defendant's mental health needs.
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