A building society cashier who stole thousands of pounds from customers to pay for lavish holidays has been ordered to repay more than £12,000. Kelly Kershaw, 54, stole £13,333 including from vulnerable and elderly customers at Nationwide in Caernarfon, Gwynedd, even forging the signature of a man with learning disabilities. Kershaw admitted five counts of fraud after colleagues spotted Facebook posts of her on safari in Africa, and on trips to Paris, Tuscany and Dubai. She was jailed for 16 months in May but returned to Caernarfon Crown Court for a Proceeds of Crime Act, external hearing, and told to pay back £12,630 - the amount of money she had in assets. Judge Jones ordered Kershaw to repay the sum within three months or face a further five months in prison.

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Better Together is slightly tongue-in-cheek, too, but Kershaw said it's a way to support the Remain cause, though it's probably too late. The morning after the referendum, Kershaw and his team of about six had woken up feeling "miserable." "We've got Europe in our DNA; half my family are French, we've got staff here on an EU visa, and some of us are the children of immigrants," Kershaw told me over email. "I wanted something to cheer us up."' The Android app launched Thursday morning, and Kershaw hopes an iOS app will become available next week.