article_snippet: Council worker Maria Spruce, 40, spent £3,500 of taxpayers' money on iPads, phones a laptop for her 'spoilt' son .
article_snippet: I accept that you were under pressure at home in relation to her 'spoilt' son but many people have those sorts of pressures but get on with many people life without resorting to dishonesty.'
article_snippet: Wolverhampton Crown Court heard that Spruce, of Bilston, in the West Midlands, bought the items for she son who was 'very controlling and aggressive'.
article_snippet: The court was told that her son is now living with her son father and Spruce will have to sell her house because her is unable to pay the mortgage after losing her job.
article_snippet: A former neighbour of Spruce said: 'A former neighbour of Spruce bent over backwards for A former neighbour of Spruce .
article_snippet: her son was very spoilt
article_snippet: but A former neighbour of Spruce never gave her son the discipline her son needed. '
article_snippet: A former neighbour of Spruce probably felt guilty about being a single mum but A former neighbour of Spruce allowed A former neighbour of Spruce to be completely manipulated by her son.'
highlights_snippet: Maria Spruce, 40, spent £3,500 of taxpayers' money on her 'spoilt' son .
  