A Kaitāia woman accused of stealing more than $100,000 from a national disability support charity can be named after losing an appeal to keep her name suppressed.
Toddy Shepherd, appeared in the Kaitāia District Court on March 29, charged with six representative charges of theft by a person in a special relationship, and one of obtaining by deception.
The charges, involving just over $103,000, relate to alleged offending between 2012 and 2015 while she worked for CCS Disability Action as Honongo Rāwhiti regional manager.
Shepherd had been granted interim name suppression at an earlier appearance, when she denied the charges and elected trial by a judge alone. The matter had been transferred to the Auckland District Court, but she appeared in Kaitāia again in March.
Judge John McDonald declined an application for continued name suppression on March 29, and remanded her on bail. Shepherd then appealed the decision to the High Court.