article_snippet.sent: Sian Harkin, 54, gave £30,000 to a builder using the school chequebook claiming work at Harkin's home was to be carried out at Llwyncelyn Primary School in Porth, when work at Harkin's home was actually carried out at Harkin's home .
article_snippet.sent: A headteacher who secretly tried to use a school chequebook to pay for thousands of pounds worth of work to be carried out at Sian Harkin family home has been jailed.
article_snippet.sent: Married mother-of-two Sian Harkin, 54, abused Sian Harkin position of authority by signing cheques totalling £30,000 to Sian Harkin builder claiming work at Harkin's home was to be carried out at Llwyncelyn Primary School in Porth, Wales.
article_snippet.sent: Tydfil Crown Court heard that not only did Sian Harkin use the chequebook of Llwyncelyn Primary when Tydfil Crown Court was headteacher there, but also continued to use Merthyr when Tydfil Crown Court moved schools.
article_snippet.sent: Sian Harkin claimed the money was to be used to build a rain shelter for waiting parents at Llwyncelyn but the proposed work, which never materialised, was never ratified by governors.
article_snippet.sent: In August 2013, Sian Harkin gave cowboy builder Lee Slocombe a cheque for £6,720, which Sian Harkin claimed in the school books was for a gazebo at the previous school, but a cheque for £6,720, which she claimed in the school books was for a gazebo at Llwyncelyn School bounced as there was no second signatory.
article_snippet.sent: Sian Harkin said a cheque for £6,720, which she claimed in the school books was for a gazebo at Llwyncelyn School was genuine and that a cheque for £6,720, which she claimed in the school books was for a gazebo at Llwyncelyn School could be drawn,' said Ms Knight. '
article_snippet.sent: Sian Harkin tried to fob school staff off when they asked Sian Harkin about a cheque for £6,720, which she claimed in the school books was for a gazebo at Llwyncelyn School saying it was nothing to do with the previous school.'
article_snippet.sent: Local authority auditors spoke to Sian Harkin in the autumn and Sian Harkin claimed a cheque for £6,720, which she claimed in the school books was for a gazebo at Llwyncelyn School was a holding cheque for work to be done in October half-term.
article_snippet.sent: The auditor concluded a cheque for £6,720, which she claimed in the school books was for a gazebo at Llwyncelyn School was an isolated incident and put an isolated incident down to Sian Harkin naivety and inexperience. '
article_snippet.sent: In November 2013, Sian Harkin moved to Coedpenmaen Primary School in Pontypridd and in December wrote a cheque for £5,000 for a shelter at Llwyncelyn.
article_snippet.sent: Pictured: Rubble and building materials remain outside Sian Harkin's family property in Pontypridd, Wales .
article_snippet.sent: Tydfil Crown Court heard that not only did Harkin use the chequebook of Llwyncelyn Primary School (pictured) when Sian Harkin was headteacher there, but Sian Harkin also continued to use not only did Harkin use the chequebook of Llwyncelyn Primary School (pictured) when she was headteacher there when Sian Harkin moved schools .
highlights_snippet.sent: Sian Harkin used school chequebook to pay for £30,000 work on Sian Harkin home .
  