A WOMAN appeared in court today accused of stealing cash from a Lower Earley school’s Parent Teacher Association (PTA).

Lisa Young was charged at Reading Magistrates’ Court with the theft of £9,000 from Hillside Primary School’s PTA between January 1, 2011, and July 31 last year.

The case was adjourned and 44-year-old Young, of Lutton Close, Lower Earley, was released on unconditional bail to appear at the same court on Monday, March 10.