The Bradnet charity for disabled people looks set to get back almost half of the £113,000 stolen from it by dishonest financial assistant Bhupinder Kaur.

Kaur, 25, was brought to Bradford Crown Court from prison yesterday for a confiscation hearing under the Proceeds of Crime Act.

She was jailed for two and a half years in October for stealing from the charity’s available funds for the year to pay for a lavish lifestyle.

She was driving a £30,000 BMW 335i with a personalised registration plate when she was arrested.

She had also bought a Renault Clio Sport, clothes and other luxury items.

Kaur pleaded guilty to stealing £113,043 from Bradnet between May 2009 and January last year.

The charity, based in Laisterdyke, Bradford, champions the rights, welfare and causes of people with disabilities.

Judge Jonathan Durham Hall QC ruled that Kaur’s benefit from crime was £113,000 and her available assets are £55,587.

That sum included more than £17,000 seized from her bank account, the cars, personalised registration plates and other items.

Judge Durham Hall said Kaur, of West Park Drive West, Roundhay, Leeds, must repay the money in four months or spend an extra 20 months behind bars.

He ordered that the recovered money be paid direct to Bradnet as compensation.

After the case, the charity’s executive director Asif Hussain welcomed the return of some of the money.

“It by no means replaces the total, but any recovery is very welcome,” he told the Telegraph & Argus.

Kaur began working for Bradnet two years ago. Her full-time post gave her access to the accounts, bank details and pin numbers.

She made illegal transfers of money from the charity into her Lloyds TSB and Halifax bank accounts.

She was suspended for inquiries into her time-keeping and the theft was discovered when a temporary financial assistant was appointed.

After the case, Gary Walton, of the Bradford South Proceeds of Crime Team, said: “Kaur lived the high life on the funds she had removed from this charity, to the detriment of the whole community.

“The message is clear. We will not allow people to live from their ill-gotten gains.”