He did not steal it because he needed it. He stole it because taking it meant he did not have to explain what it was for.
And the staff, who I had to tell, and who I had been dreading more than the police.
Nineteen people. Some of them have been with that company since my father was thirty.
I did it on the fourth of November, in the boardroom, standing up, and I got eleven words in before I had to start again.
And what I said was: my husband has taken a hundred and eighty-two thousand of company money over five years, it has gone to a care home, he has been dismissed and it is with the police, and I found it myself and I reported it myself and if any of you want to ask me anything you can ask it now or you can come and find me.