AN accounts manager is facing jail for the theft of nearly £80,000 from his employers over three years.

At Manchester and Salford Magistrates Court Stuart Christian, aged 37, pleaded guilty to stealing the cash belonging to distributors 151 Products Limited, in Ancoats, Manchester, between May 2011 and April last year.

The company distributes, imports and supplies goods to all leading high street shops, it was said.

Christian, who used to live in Holcombe Road, Greenmount, but now lives in Collie Avenue, Salford, was sent to the city’s crown court, and will be sentenced on March 11.

The court heard that the thefts, totalling £79,987.53, came to light after Christian left the company to go to another job.