A teacher who conned Asda out of nearly £3,000 worth of groceries by exploiting a discount code that slashed items to just 1p has escaped a teaching ban.

Kirsti Reynolds repeatedly abused an Asda self-service till glitch during February and March 2023, applying a rotisserie chicken reduction code to her entire shopping basket.

Across several trips, she accumulated £1,030.77 worth of goods from one branch and £1,700 from another.

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She pleaded guilty to fraud by false representation at South Tyneside Magistrates' Court and received a 12-month community order, plus an instruction to compensate the supermarket chain.

During the period of the offences, Reynolds was employed at Prudhoe West Academ

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