article_snippet: her inquest heard Mr Gover siphoned off £50,466 from the coffers of  Holy Rood Church, in Wool, over a number of years.
article_snippet: As treasurer Mr Gover made numerous church cheques out to Mr Gover after forging the second signatory.
article_snippet: But Mr Gover deceit started to unravel after a cheque of £20,000 from  Holy Rood Church to the Diocese of Salisbury bounced due to a lack of funds in the Diocese of Salisbury bank account.
article_snippet: Detective Constable Richard Evans from Weymouth CID then investigated Mr Gover finances which revealed the full extent of the thefts.
article_snippet: The inquest heard Mr Gover siphoned off £50,466 from the coffers of Holy Rood Church (pictured)
article_snippet: Mr Gover told The inquest Mr Gover had been misappropriating church funds since 2008, had not presented financial statements to an independent auditor since 2009 and had forged the audit reports to the Diocese of Salisbury to cover up Mr Gover thefts.
article_snippet: Mr Gover inquiries found Mr Gover had also stolen at least £3,000 from the accounts of East Burton village hall in Wool which Mr Gover was the treasurer of between January 2013 and March 2014.
article_snippet: Mr Gover had also stolen £91,200 from the recipients of a trust fund Mr Gover had been a book keeper for.
article_snippet: Detective Constable Richard Evans from Weymouth CID told the inquest Detective Constable Richard Evans from Weymouth CID discovered Mr Gover wrote several fraudulent letters to Scottish Widows requesting sums from the trust account - five separate payments of between £5,000 and £30,000 over a seven-month period in 2012 to 2013 and then a final withdrawal of £1,200 in July 2013.
article_snippet: In an interview with the police Mr Gover suggested that some of the money may have been used to prop up a hardware shop the couple ran which had been struggling.
article_snippet: Deputy coroner Brendan Allen said: 'Mr Gover was a book-keeper for a number of different organisations and a trustee of a trust and seems to have used Mr Gover roles to misappropriate funds. '
article_snippet: Police found Mrs Gover had also stolen at least £3,000 from the accounts of East Burton village hall (pictured)
highlights_snippet: Jill Gover, 54, stole £140,000 from £ church, village hall and a trust fund .
  