Colleen McCabe (born 1952) is a former British schoolteacher, schoolmaster and former religious sister, who stole up to £500,000 from the school where she worked.
[1] From 1974 to 1989, McCabe was a member of the Daughters of Charity of Saint Vincent de Paul.
After 15 years she decided to leave that community, and joined the faculty of the state-funded Roman Catholic St John Rigby School where she was made headteacher in 1991.
[1] McCabe spent money from the budget on clothes, shoes, jewellery, trips, takeaways and wine for the governors' meetings, champagne receptions and three holidays to Malta.
[2] McCabe was portrayed by Pauline Quirke in the 2006 BBC Two docu-drama The Thieving Headmistress.