LONG hours and late nights led to the manager of a McDonald's restaurant stealing nearly £6,000 before fleeing to Scotland in a taxi, a court heard.
Hapless Charles Middlemass forgot to turn the CCTV off at the Threemilestone fast food outlet while he started to stuff the day's takings into a bag.
He turned the camera off halfway through and left the premises, locking his mobile phone inside, Truro Crown Court heard on Tuesday.
Michael Brown, for the Crown Prosecution Service, said the...
