Bowling club treasurer Catherine Dakin pocketed £20k

The treasurer of the Ealing Conservative Bowling Club is facing jail for swindling more than £20,000 from the organisation’s bank account. Catherine Dakin, 43, transferred thousands of pounds from the west London club’s coffers into her personal account between January 2020 and May 2023. Dakin admitted fraud by abuse of position and three counts of false accounting at Uxbridge Magistrates’ Court. Niamh McDonagh, prosecuting, said: ‘The background to these offences are that Ms Dakin was the treasurer of the Ealing…