A Manchester restaurant manager who fraudulently obtained two Covid loans worth £100,000 and spent taxpayers’ money on jewellery has been handed a suspended sentence.

Sehrish Yasmin was sentenced to 10 months in prison, suspended for 12 months, at Manchester Crown Court on Thursday 16 May.

The 32-year-old was also ordered to pay costs and compensation totalling £5,000 within 28 days.