A dad-of-eight stole £30,000 of PPE and sold it on eBay for cash he partly spent on VIP darts trips. Gary Edwards claimed he spent his profits on feeding his partner's seven children and decorating their home.
But the Wirral man also admitted that he spent some of the money on VIP trips to professional darts tournaments around the country with his girlfriend, the Liverpool Echo reports.
His cash-strapped boss was forced to shut down one of her struggling businesses, making some staff redundant in the process.
Yet cynical Edwards continued to flog stolen PPE stashed at his home during the coronavirus pandemic at "inflated prices". Judge Neil Flewitt QC said: "You were selling goods of this sort in March, when you knew they were badly