Rotherham woman admits stealing more than £40,000 from parish councils
She stole tens of thousands of pounds over the course of four years
A Rotherham woman has admitted stealing more than £40,000 from three parish councils over the course of a four-year period.
Rebecca Thompson, aged 43, admitted three charges of theft by employee during a Sheffield Crown Court hearing held on Thursday (September 17, 2026).
In total, Thompson stole £41,024.40 from parish councils in Hellaby and Bramley in Rotherham, South Yorkshire, and Letwell in Worsksop, Nottinghamshire.
The money was taken between March 2020 and July 2024, with a total of £29,521.02 pilfered from Bramley Parish Council; £ 11,099.75 from Hellaby Parish Council and £403.64 from Letwell Parish Council.
The role Thompson, of Sandbeck Lane, Maltby, Rotherham, held at the parish councils is not stated in charge information.
Following the guilty pleas entered by Thompson, the case was adjourned until her sentencing hearing in November 2026.
She was released on unconditional bail until then.