claiming the work was to be carried out at llwyncelyn primary school in porth , when the work was actually carried out at her home .
a headteacher who secretly tried to use a school chequebook to pay for thousands of pounds worth of work to be carried out at her family home has been jailed .
merthyr tydfil crown court heard that not only did she use the chequebook of llwyncelyn primary when she was headteacher there , but also continued to use it when she moved schools .
harkin claimed the money was to be used to build a rain shelter for waiting at llwyncelyn but the proposed work , which never ratified by governors .