A bridesmaid-to-be cost her close friend £50,000 and ruined her wedding by pretending she had been employed for seven months. After Helen Dove convinced Kimberley Baker to apply for a job at the children's department at Warrington Borough Council, she posed as 15 fake employees to convince her she had been hired. Using more than a dozen accounts Dove sent her thousands of emails, asking her to carry out administration tasks and to manage staff rotas, Liverpool Echo reported. Having gone months without pay, Kimberley eventually went to the council offices only to be told her friend did not work there and neither did she. The bizarre scam began in the summer of 2017 when the pair met at some stables in Rainford, Merseyside. Paul Wood, prosecuting Dove at Liverpool Crown Court, said: "During the first few weeks Helen Dove was very nice and they soon became friends, [she was] the type of friend who could not do enough. "She bought cards and flowers for her birthday, she used to bring her coffee to the horse yard." When Kimberley explained that it was her dream to work in children's services, Dove told her she was an adoption worker at the council. She later turned up to the stables sporting an apparent work ID and offered to pick up an application form for her friend, who had worked at BT for 17 years but had completed a social work degree in her sparetime. Determined to make her career aspirations a reality, Kimberley took voluntary redundancy and applied for the council job. When the 43-year-old mum applied for temporary work during the process, Dove told her not to because it could hinder her chances with Warrington Borough Council. Mr Wood said: "An interview date was sent to Ms Baker. This subsequently got cancelled. "Ms Baker was then informed that she had to complete a set of interview questions over email. She completed these questions and a few days later she received an email confirming she had got the job." This was celebrated with Dove, who gave her victim a congratulations card. During the next seven months Kimberley was sent thousands of emails from various supposed council members, giving her various administrative tasks while feeding her excuses as to why her employment had not yet begun. These ranged from computer system failures to introductory meetings with key figures being cancelled due to weather problems. After going months without pay Kimberley confronted Dove and asked her for evidence that she worked at the council. Unconvinced by what she produced, the disgruntled employee went to the council where knowledge of Dove's employment was denied. Over the course of the strange scam Kimberley had lost £50,000 in missed earnings at BT, while leaving her paranoid. She had been forced to cancel her wedding due to the financial impact. Her trust for Dove had run so deep Kimberley had asked her to be her chief bridesmaid and had visited potential wedding venues with her. Zahra Baqri, defending, said Dove's
Bridesmaid ruins wedding and costs bride £50,000 after faking job for 7 months
A bridesmaid-to-be cost her close friend £50,000 and ruined her wedding by pretending she had been employed for seven months. After Helen Dove convinced Kimberley Baker to apply for a job at the children's department at Warrington Borough Council, she posed as 15 fake employees to convince her she had been hired. Using more than a dozen accounts Dove sent her thousands of emails, asking her to carry out administration tasks and to manage staff rotas, Liverpool Echo reported. Having gone months without pay, Kimberley eventually went to the council offices only to be told her friend did not work there and neither did she. The bizarre scam began in the summer of 2017 when the pair met at some stables in Rainford, Merseyside. Paul Wood, prosecuting Dove at Liverpool Crown Court, said: "During the first few weeks Helen Dove was very nice and they soon became friends, [she was] the type of friend who could not do enough. "She bought cards and flowers for her birthday, she used to bring her coffee to the horse yard." When Kimberley explained that it was her dream to work in children's services, Dove told her she was an adoption worker at the council. She later turned up to the stables sporting an apparent work ID and offered to pick up an application form for her friend, who had worked at BT for 17 years but had completed a social work degree in her sparetime. Determined to make her career aspirations a reality, Kimberley took voluntary redundancy and applied for the council job. When the 43-year-old mum applied for temporary work during the process, Dove told her not to because it could hinder her chances with Warrington Borough Council. Mr Wood said: "An interview date was sent to Ms Baker. This subsequently got cancelled. "Ms Baker was then informed that she had to complete a set of interview questions over email. She completed these questions and a few days later she received an email confirming she had got the job." This was celebrated with Dove, who gave her victim a congratulations card. During the next seven months Kimberley was sent thousands of emails from various supposed council members, giving her various administrative tasks while feeding her excuses as to why her employment had not yet begun. These ranged from computer system failures to introductory meetings with key figures being cancelled due to weather problems. After going months without pay Kimberley confronted Dove and asked her for evidence that she worked at the council. Unconvinced by what she produced, the disgruntled employee went to the council where knowledge of Dove's employment was denied. Over the course of the strange scam Kimberley had lost £50,000 in missed earnings at BT, while leaving her paranoid. She had been forced to cancel her wedding due to the financial impact. Her trust for Dove had run so deep Kimberley had asked her to be her chief bridesmaid and had visited potential wedding venues with her. Zahra Baqri, defending, said Dove's
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