A teacher who used a discount code to scam Asda out of nearly £3,000 worth of shopping has avoided a ban from the profession . ‌

Kirsti Reynolds discovered a code which reduced items to just 1p, and exploited the loophole at the self-checkout over several visits to different branches of the supermarket in February and March 2023. ‌

She would apply the code for rotisserie chicken to her entire trolley, racking up discounts of £1,030.77 in one store and £1,700 in a second. ‌

She admitted to fraud by false representation, and was given a 12-month community order, and another order to pay back the supermarket, at South Tyneside Magistrates' Court, the Mirror reports .

At the time of her offending, Reynolds was teaching at Prudhoe West Academy in Prudhoe, Northumberland. Her

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