Business janitor cleaned up on more than the office floors

The 35-year-old cleaner was placed on a probation order and told the make restitution for the items stolen.

The office cleaner was caught on CCTV taking items.

An office cleaner who had helped herself to various items from a business where she worked has been placed on probation and ordered to pay more than $1000 in compensation.

Carrie Alicia Jull had been contracted to clean a Greenmount business and had been given a swipe card for access, Toowoomba Magistrates Court heard.

When certain items appeared to go missing, business management installed secret CCTV cameras and the 35-year-old had been identified on the footage.

The business found a number of items such as water bottles, hand sanitiser, sun screen, coffee mugs, Makita drill and screwdriver set and stubby holders had gone missing.

When police arrived at Jull’s home with a search warrant in January last year, they had also found more suspected stolen property including two digital cameras, toilet paper and Australian and Torres Strait Islander flags, police prosecutor Natalie Bugden told the court.

Police also found a small amount of cannabis during the search, she said.

When spoken to by police on February 12, last year, Jull had conceded it was her on the CCTV footage but said the two flags were hers.

She pleaded guilty.

Her barrister Geoffrey Seaholme said despite his client’s offending he had references from people who spoke highly of her and her work ethic.

She was still employed by two businesses, he said.

Mr Seaholme said his client was in a long distance relationship with a US citizen and asked that no conviction be recorded so not to jeopardise any future travel arrangements.

Magistrate Howard Osborne ordered the convictions not be recorded and placed Jull on 12 months probation and ordered she pay $1028 restitution.