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Teacher uses discount code to scam Asda out of £3,000 worth of goods - but still keeps her job.

By TOM LAWRENCE, NEWS REPORTER

Published: 10:28, 25 August 2025 | Updated: 10:58, 25 August 2025

A teacher scammed Asda

out of almost £3,000 by using a discount code which set items to 1p.

Kirstie Reynolds used a code at self-checkout machines in the supermarket which was created to reduce the price of rotisserie chicken to one pence.

Ms Reynolds used the loophole to purchase items worth £1,030.77 in one store and £1,700 in another.

She repeated the trick on multiple occasions between February 25, 2023, and March 30, 2023. 

Ms Reynolds, who worked at the Prudhoe West Academy in Northumberland, pleaded guilty to fraud by false representation at South Shields Magistrates' Court in June 2023.

She was sentenced to a 12-month community order, ordered to pay a £400 fine, £3,000 compensation to Asda, a victim surcharge of £160 and prosecution costs of £85.

Following her conviction she was referred to the Teacher Regulation Agency. Last month, the panel decided there was a 'public interest' in keeping her in the profession. Mail.

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