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Jungle worker denies embezzling charity money


A British teacher hailed for her work with unaccompanied children in the Jungle migrant camp in Calais has been released without charge after two days of questioning by police on suspicion of embezzling charity funds. Mary Jones, who founded the Kid’s Café, was accused of taking €20,000. She denied wrongdoing and said she used her own money to prop up the charity, then reimbursed herself. “I didn’t realise you can’t do this under French law, but the truth is I’ve used more of my own money than I’ve ever been reimbursed,” she said. Pascal Marconville, the state prosecutor, in Boulogne-sur-Mer,…


Source: The Times October 14, 2016 00:11 UTC



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