A council finance boss stole thousands of pounds from victims of the Grenfell Tower fire, using the money to buy expensive clothes and travel the world.
Jenny McDonagh, 39, was jailed after admitting to stealing more than £60,000 from the fund.
The court heard that she spent an incredible £51,407.22 on lavish shopping trips to Hollywood, Dubai and Reykjavik, where she enjoyed a New Year party.
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The Grenfell Tower fire killed 72 people on 14 June last year.
In total the brazen thief helped herself to about £62,000 from pre-paid cash cards meant for Fadumo Ahmed, Sacha Salaabi, Christos Fairburn, Marlyn Lopez and Edward Daffarn.
But as well as funding her expensive lifestyle, the court heard how she used the stolen cash to feed her sexual appetite, and bought a mammoth 12-inch purple dildo, worth £48 from Ann Summers.
Ben Holt, prosecuting, told the court: "The money is spent on days out - evidenced by trips on the Thames Clipper and regularly visits to restaurants.
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"The money is spent on frivolous items - for example, £48 spent at Ann Summers on 31 May. These are not everyday essentials, far from it."
It was also heard that the former Kensington and Chelsea employee had previously snatched £35,000 from the NHS to keep up with her exuberant spending.
McDonagh, spent £32,000 supporting her gambling habit, the court heard.
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Despite her arrest for the Grenfell Tower fraud, the court heard that McDonagh still managed to get a job as a finance manager at a mental health charity.
During the hearing at Isleworth Crown Court McDonagh was described as a 'pathetic woman' by her own barrister.
Neil Ross, defending, said the case had wrecked McDonagh's marriage and she is now on anti-depressants and seeking counselling.
He said: "She has destroyed her own future and of course has brought that on herself.
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"She is a pathetic woman in the original meaning of that word."
Jailing McDonagh, Judge Robin Johnson said: "You have pleaded guilty to a number of offences. The first fraud was on the NHS over a period of three to four months, where the loss was some £35,000.
"The second and more serious is what has come to be known as a Grenfell fraud - this involved obtaining more than £60,000 over a period of 10 months.
"You were employed by the Medway NHS Trust from November 2015 until June 2016. Using you undoubted guile you defrauded the NHS of £35,00.
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"The fraud was one where there was considerable planning and skill, as well as a serious breach of trust.
"While I have sentenced a number of the cases that have to be known as Grenfell frauds, and read about others, your offending is unique in my experience.
"As the finance manager to the Grenfell Finance Team at the Royal Borough of Kensington and Chelsea, you knew exactly what these funds were for and the importance of them for the intended recipients - namely the victims of the fire.
"Bearing that in mind, the scale of your dishonesty in these frauds beggars belief."
The judge added: 'It is right to say that while 25 percent of the fraud was lost to gambling, much was spent on you indulging yourself with luxury goods and holidays."
A tearful McDonagh turned to her husband in court as she was led to the cells.
She was heard saying: "I am sorry. I love you. I will be okay."
McDonagh had previously admitted two counts of fraud by abuse of position, one of theft by employee and one of converting criminal property while she was a finance manager for the Grenfell survivors' fund and further fraud while working at the NHS.
She was sentenced to a total of five and a half years in prison.
In an earlier hearing, McDonagh was described as 'truly beyond contempt' by Edward Daffarn, the vice chairman of survivor campaign group Grenfell United. according to the Evening Standard.
"It is like pouring salt on the wounds of bereaved residents," he told Isleworth Crown Court.
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