Bank manager jailed for stealing

A BRISBANE bank manager who blamed the trauma of enduring two hold ups for stealing almost $500,000 from her branch and gambling it away has been jailed for at least 18 months Patricia May Joan Douglas, 51, …
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Wed, October 25th, 2006

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