Article: Thieving undertaker told to pay back pounds 1; Nothing left of stolen pounds 18,000, court told.(News)

Byline: By Hilary Clixby

AN UNDERTAKER who systematically plundered thousands of pounds paid by customers to pay for their own funerals has been ordered by a court to pay back just pounds 1.

Stephen Summerscales, 45, had been a respected employee with the South Shields branch of funeral directors John Duckworth.

But over a four-year period he secretly pocketed more than pounds 18,000 handed ...

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