She was a fraudster who almost bankrupted the restricted-knit firm she labored for, and with the £1.9million she stole from Northern Mouldings Restricted she lived a way of life akin to a Hollywood superstar.

When Julie McBrien, also known as Julie Hogg, was ultimately caught she spent a long time convincing a court that she shouldn’t be named in the media inspite of her litany of crimes and the eye-watering cash she expended on fashion, attractiveness, jewellery and holidays.

But tenacious court docket reporter Tanya Fowles believed McBrien, who once faked a cancer analysis to spend times off work in a high-class spa, must not be granted anonymity and these days tells Nicola Tallant about her individual quest for justice to determine her as the thief who nearly brought down a spouse and children business.

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