article_snippet: (pictured) has admitted four counts of theft after stealing £20,000 from St Wilfrid's Church's renovation pot .
article_snippet: A trusted church treasurer who stole £20,000 from a renovation pot to fund A trusted church treasurer who stole £20,000 from a renovation pot to fund his gambling habit gambling habit has narrowly avoided jail.
article_snippet: Mark Conway-Wilcox, 30, of Newbiggin Hall, Newcastle, admitted four counts of theft after stealing from St Wilfrid's Church's - but claimed the amount A trusted church treasurer who stole £20,000 from a renovation pot to fund his gambling habit had taken was closer to £15,000.
article_snippet: You took advantage of your position of trust by stealing from various bank accounts and when bank  was queried you stalled, prevaricated and lied. '
highlights_snippet: Treasurer Mark Conway-Wilcox, 30, stole £20,000 to fund gambling habit .
  
highlights_snippet: Stole money from St Wilfrid's Church's renovation fund and bank account .
  