Misplaced decimal point gives extra £40,000 to worker, who spends it

Construction worker Steven Burke showed restraint by spending only 28,000 on a new car, online gambling, clothing, an e-cigarette, cocaine, a gold chain, alcohol, and hotels after his employer accidentally overpaid him 40,000, reports The Mirror.

Burke normally gets a regular direct deposit of 446.60 in his bank account, but the director of the company he works for misplaced the decimal, so he received 44,660. When the error was discovered and Burke was questioned by police, he told them he thought he "had been a lucky victim of cyber crime," reports the Mirror.

Burke's sentencing is scheduled for July 25.