A WOMAN who plundered nearly £100,000 from her father's scaffolding company has again been spared jail after failing to do her community service - after she spent time in the cells while waiting for her case to be dealt with.

Imogen Morgan was told to do 200 hours of unpaid work when a judge suspended a two-year jail term last year, after she was caught with her fingers in the till at family firm Frome Scaffolding.

But the 24-year-old repeatedly failed to turn up at the Age UK shop in Westbury, saying she had a conflict with split shifts working at the Red Lion at Wolverton.

She was taken to court on Tuesday for breaching the order, and when Judge Peter Blair QC said he needed proof of her employment she revealed she no longer worked at the pub but missed two dates because she was a friend's birthing partner.

She said she now had a job with Catering Services International, which provides catering at Bath Racecourse, and had three weeks holiday coming up.

After hearing she could use that opportunity to do most of the 140 hours remaining Judge Blair said he would give her a chance.

Mark Ashley, prosecuting, said since the sentence was passed late last November she had done just 60 hours work, having 16 'acceptable absences'.

But on June 30 and July 1 this year she missed appointments and the probation service took action.

Tony Bignall, defending, said she had been doing the work and kept the shop manager informed of when she could turn up, but had failed to tell the probation service.

He initially said that she had a job at the pub, but after the case was put back and Morgan was sent to the cells at court he revealed she no longer worked there.

Mr Bignall said that spending time in custody at the court had brought home to her the seriousness of her position.

Judge Peter Blair QC said "I have got to deal with you for your breaches of the suspended sentence with you not attending, as you should have, unpaid work days.

"What I am going to do, in fact, having heard a lot more since the first explanation this morning, is order that the unpaid work hours continue in force and you have got to get this done in the time available.

"I will fine you a minimal sum, £25, for this breach.

"But you have learned today, as Mr Bignall has emphasised, that this is a very serious punishment and if you don't do it there is only one alternative.

"If you don't you will be back before me and you known what I will do: make sure you complete this order."

Morgan, of The Old Surgery, Warminster Road, Westbury, pleaded guilty to fraud last year.

She abused her position to siphon more than £94,000 from Frome Scaffolding, which is based in Poplar Tree Lane, Southwick, into her own bank account.

When she was questioned by police she said it was to fund her cocaine habit, before later admitting she didn't do drugs.

She then said she used it to pay for her boyfriend's addiction and was also put under pressure by friends to get them cash to pay their bills.

When her dad Aaron confronted his daughter about the money her response was 'It's not that much'. The court heard she had cautions from 2009 and 2010 when she had stolen from her parents.