Cashier blames gangsters for the great Ladbrokes £1m giveaway

A bookies’ cashier who gave away £1m in three hours claims Eastern European gangsters beat her and threatened to kidnap her son. Ladbrokes worker Paris Markham, 22, is accused of allowing her ex-boyfriend Aurica Vaduva, 23, and ‘leading figure’ Daniel Constantin, 28, defraud the bookmaker on the afternoon of Sunday 30 June. Customer service manager Markham accepted the 22 ‘illegible’ betting slips placed by the gang, Wood Green Crown Court heard. Rather than invalidate the slips, Markham recorded the bets…