Courtney Pinwill - missing since 8 November 2016

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A Melbourne woman facing an array of theft and deception charges is missing.

Mitcham woman Courtney Pinwill, 40, dropped her children off at a primary school in Vermont on Tuesday morning and hasn't been seen since, police say.

The 40-year-old was listed to appear at the Victorian County Court on Tuesday on 65 charges including obtaining property by deception, obtaining financial deception by deception and theft.

Police say they are treating Ms Pinwill's disappearance as a missing person case and no warrant had been issued for her arrest.

https://au.news.yahoo.com/vic/a/3315...missing/#page1



http://www.heraldsun.com.au/news/law...fb5dbbca4d378f


A GREEDY mother who ripped off her company to buy expensive cars and business class flights will enjoy Christmas at home before a likely stint behind bars.

Courtney Pinwill, 40, of Mitcham, stole $347,226 from travel company Captain?s Choice between October 2012 and September last year while acting as its bookkeeper.

Among her crimes was the theft of hoodies for the St James Netball Club in Vermont, where she remains president.

Pinwill has pleaded guilty to seven theft and deception charges and faces up to 10 years in jail.

The mother of three has provided no reasons for her disgraceful offending, which saw her use company credit cards to fly friends and family to Hawaii, Singapore and Fiji.

Prosecutor Damien Hannan said Pinwill illegally transferred hundreds of thousands of dollars into her own account, blowing up to $50,000 on a Toyota Kluger SUV, which police have since seized.

The brazen thief was only caught by her employer when she resigned.

The court heard Pinwill had been before a court before after being sprung ripping off $2000 in wages from another employer.

Her barrister Chris McLennan struggled to come up with any explanation for his client?s behaviour.

?I?m still trying to get my head around why,? he told the court.

Mr McLennan said Pinwill had had great difficulty explaining to him what happened to the money and suggested she simply blew it to support her ill-gotten lifestyle.

?It was easy to do,? he said.

Pinwill sobbed from the prison dock as the court heard she had kept her crimes a grubby secret and it had all but ruined her marriage.

Judge Sandra Davis cut Pinwill loose in the hope she would cough up the stolen booty before sentencing her on March 1.

[Olivia]

A Melbourne woman who was reported missing after allegations she stole almost $350,000 from her former employer has been found.

Mitcham woman Courtney Pinwill, 40, was reported missing to police last Wednesday, a day after she was listed to appear at the Victorian County Court.

A Victoria Police spokesman confirmed on Wednesday that Ms Pinwill had been found safe and well just before 6am on Friday.

No warrant was issued by police for her arrest, with her disappearance treated as a missing person's case.

Court documents reveal Ms Pinwill is accused of defrauding $347,226.23 from her former employer, Captains Choice.

The Director of Public Prosecutions says Ms Pinwill stole the money while she was employed on a part-time basis as a bookkeeper between October 2012 and September last year.

https://au.news.yahoo.com/vic/a/3323...m-found/#page1