PARISH council clerk and school secretary Christine Rose has admitted years of theft and fraud, with over £220,000 ending up in her own pocket.

Rose, aged 52, of Long Hyde Road, South Littleton, pleaded guilty to 22 specimen charges, dating between 1991 and 1999, and asked for 672 others to be considered when she appeared at Evesham Magistrates Court last Thursday.

She was bailed to appear before a judge at Worcester Crown Court on January 26 for sentence, the Evesham magistrates ruling their powers of punishment - 12 months imprisonment - insufficient.