article_snippet: Timothy Royle is alleged to have stole almost £7,000 of cash as well as expensive equipment from the school where Timothy Royle was headteacher .
article_snippet: Timothy Royle is alleged to have falsely reported how bursary funds were spent over the three years leading up to Timothy Royle retirement from  Highdown School and Sixth Form Centre in 2012.
article_snippet: Timothy Royle joined the Reading-based school, Berkshire, in 1998 and is accused of pocketing £2,000 in 2008, £2,246 the following year and £2,550 in 2010.
article_snippet: Royle joined a school and Sixth Form Centre in Reading, Berkshire (pictured) in 1998 and is accused of pocketing £2,000 in 2008,
article_snippet: What we say Royle did was to falsely report - lie - that the money was spent on attending conferences when Royle knew the school paid for attendance of conferences, both directly and by paying Royle back for invoices Royle sent to a school. '
article_snippet: The real question is whether Royle was acting dishonestly.'
article_snippet: Royle denies three counts of fraud and five counts of theft.
highlights_snippet: Timothy Royle is alleged to have stole thousands from Highdown School .
  
highlights_snippet: Timothy Royle denies three counts of fraud and five of theft .
  