Jail for librarian who stole rare books
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A librarian who stole six rare books from Massey University has been sentenced in Palmerston North District Court to 11 months jail.
Karen Dale Churton, 48, pleaded guilty to stealing the books, valued at $23,310, while working as a senior librarian.
Churton, who sold the books
to a rare books book dealer in Otaki, was granted leave to apply for home detention.
