Natalie Scott had served 15 years in the Cumbria Police (Picture: Cascade News)

A Cumbrian police officer stole a credit card from her mother’s partner to pay for a ten-day holiday for four people to Dubai.

Natalie Scott, 36, was arrested two days after she returned from the middle eastern trip.

This happened after the victim, Christopher McKellor, received a phone call from his bank explaining that a transaction had been incurred that took his card over the limit.

The prosecution told North Cumbria Magistrates’ Court how the credit card was stolen: ‘While on duty in full police uniform she has stolen her mother’s partner’s credit card.


‘She said she saw the credit card by the door. She picked up the card and put it in her pocket and left the house.’



In court, the former police officer of 15 years, admitted theft and fraud by false representation.

She was given a suspended sentence of eight weeks, 200 hours of unpaid work, pay £5,996 in compensation and £85 in court costs.

Scott avoided jail time receiving an eight week suspended sentence (Picture: Cascade News)