Charity treasurer admits stealing more than £100k

Pamela Bent pleaded guilty to fraud and false accounting at Norwich Crown Court

A woman has admitted stealing more than £100,000 from the charity she worked for.

Pamela Bent, 65, of James Close, King's Lynn, took the money while working as the treasurer of the Sedgeford Historical and Archaeological Research Project (Sharp), based near Hunstanton, Norfolk.

She pleaded guilty at Norwich Crown Court earlier to fraud and false accounting.

She will be sentenced in October.

The court heard how Bent stole about £113,000 between June 2020 and January 2022.

She admitted four charges, including fraud by abuse of position and falsifying documents.

She has paid back half the money, with £61,000 still outstanding.

When asked by the BBC whether she wanted to apologise to the charity, she responded: "I've already apologised."

Sharp lays claim to being one of the largest independent archaeological projects in Britain.