article_snippet: Holding, 50, pleaded guilty to fraud two years ago, but repeatedly failed to turn up to be sentenced, blaming a variety of serious illnesses.
article_snippet: Jailed: Nicola Holding has been sentenced to prison for stealing from the church where Nicola Holding was treasurer .
article_snippet: Yesterday Nicola Holding was finally sentenced to two and a half years in prison after arriving at court in a wheelchair wrapped in blankets.
article_snippet: Nicola Holding whimpered during the hearing with Nicola Holding head slumped to the side, and at one point was given a sugary drink to help Nicola Holding diabetes.
article_snippet: In June 2011, Nicola Holding went to Reverend Alison Shaw 'in hysterics' saying Nicola Holding had 'got things in a muddle', court heard.
article_snippet: Judge Paul Darlow also said that Holding, a divorced mother of two, had falsely claimed to be housebound when she was caught on camera outside she home.
article_snippet: ” ' she said Nicola Holding would find prison life '‘extraordinarily difficult'’ because of she ailments.
article_snippet: Ms Shaw, who took in Nicola Holding when she marriage broke down, read a statement to court about the impact of the defendant's crimes. '
article_snippet: ”' Nicola Holding was wheeled out of court to begin the vicar sentence at a prison which can cater for the vicar medical condition.
highlights_snippet: Claimed Nicola Holding was too ill to go to court for sentencing for two years .
  
highlights_snippet: Holding, 50, has now been sentenced to 30 months in jail for fraud .