A shop manager addicted to gambling stole National Lottery tickets and scratch cards worth almost £2,000 from his store, a court heard.Heavy-drinking Simon Rush, aged 48, abused the trust of his boss to pocket winnings from his shop.But he avoided jail so that he could pay back the money and continue to care for his elderly mother, Plymouth Crown Court heard.Handing him a suspended sentence, Judge Paul Darlow said: "This was a gross abuse of trust."Rush pleaded guilty to theft of...
