Solicitor jailed for stealing funds from Clients

A solicitor who admitted taking thousands of pounds from clients whilst acting as their power of attorney has been jailed.
Alison Haley Griffiths, 55, pleaded guilty to two counts of fraud by abuse of position and was sentenced at Swindon Crown Court to 24 months’ imprisonment.
Griffiths, who was practising in Swindon, stole around £49,000 over the course of more than two years from a 94-year-old woman over whom she had power of attorney. She transferred money from the victim&rs