Callous worker, 56, who stole thousands of pounds from a Porsche garage while his boss was undergoing cancer treatment is ordered to pay back £60,000

A callous worker who stole thousands of pounds from a Porsche garage has been ordered to pay it back. Scott McCurdy stole thousands of pounds worth of goods from the Porsche garage where he worked before selling them on for a profit The owner of the car restoration service, Dr Drayson, said that McCurdy, who he considered a 'key employee and friend', ramped up his thievery while he was in hospital receiving life-saving cancer treatment for myeloma McCurdy was only found out after he left the company in August 2021 and Dr Drayson noticed some anomalies and missing invoices during a stock-take. Dr Drayson said that McCurdy, who he considered a 'key employee and friend', ramped up his thievery while he was in hospital receiving life-saving cancer treatment for myeloma. At a Proceeds of Crime hearing it was determined that McCurdy must pay the company back £61,070.62 within three months or face a year in prison. Bournemouth Crown Court where McCurdy was handed a suspended sentence and ordered to pay the company back £61,070.62 within three months or face a year in prison At his sentencing hearing Lucy Conroy, defending, said McCurdy was a man of previous good character and this behaviour was 'so out of character'.