Salon's computers 'used to sell eBay goods'

BOSSES at an top city hairdressing chain investigating the theft of £76,000 of hair straightening irons from their business discovered their own computers were being used to sell similar items on eBay, a court has heard.

Directors of Edinburgh-based Charlie Miller Hairdressing contacted the internet auction site after they discovered the popular GHD irons were being offered for sale online.

They found Mark McMorrine, the manager at their Ocean Terminal salon, had set up two eBay accounts and had been using his work computer to carry out the transactions, it was claimed.

McMorrine, 37, who had not previously told his bosses he was selling GHDs online, then claimed he had got his stock from other internet users, the court heard.

McMorrine, of Lasswade Court, Lasswade, Midlothian, denies stealing hairdressing products and obtaining £63,000 by fraud by selling the items on eBay.

The trial continues.