Overview

• Rachel Wilson exploited her 16-year role at Liverpool Legal Services Ltd to siphon over £200,000 through 89 bogus payments and fabricated cheques between April 2020 and August 2024.
• Her scheme was exposed when a colleague reviewing accounts during Wilson’s annual leave uncovered financial discrepancies, triggering an internal investigation.
• Wilson admitted her actions at a disciplinary hearing in September 2024 and again to Merseyside Police, saying she stole to support her husband’s drug habit.
• Recorder Mark Ainsworth acknowledged her voluntary cognitive behavioural therapy and remorse but ruled that the prolonged breach of trust demanded a custodial sentence.
• Wilson, a mother of two with no previous convictions, was sentenced on June 18, 2025, to two years and two months in prison at Liverpool Crown Court.