A CLEANER who took gold jewellery from the home of her vulnerable employer for safe keeping but pawned it has been jailed.

Margaret Claire Jones, of Rhestr Fawr, Ystradgynlais, received £2,453 for the assorted gold items which belonged to her 66-year-old employer, who was in hospital, after taking it to pawnshop Ramsdens.

Jones, who admitted theft from her employer, was jailed for six months by a judge at Merthyr Tydfil Crown Court.

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