Huddersfield mum Raesha Griffith left without money to feed her son after wages blunder

Oct 13 2010 by Barry Gibson, Huddersfield Daily Examiner

A YOUNG mum is angry after a blunder left her with just 97p in her bank account.

Raesha Griffith, 22, lost hundreds of pounds in wages and was facing a weekend with no money.

Confusion over how much she could have in her bank account meant her money went ‘missing’.

The Bradley mother said: “Banks are meant to look after your money. I really needed that money because I had just 97p and I have a child to feed.”

Ms Griffith works 20 hours a week for catering firm Compass as a chef at Asda on Bradford Road.

Her monthly pay of £433.87 goes into her Halifax ISA account.

But when she went into the Cloth Hall Street branch on Friday, she discovered that October’s pay was missing.

Ms Griffith said: “The money was paid in on October 1 but was removed on the same day.