Feel for you mate.
Gave it a bit of thort and came to the conclusion it can go one of two ways, either a severe telling off, a financial settle up and him being told this is the last time you ever try and pull a stunt like that, and if you do you are down the road and, as you said, you' won't work round here again.
OR you skip all this , get your dosh off him and send him down the road after telling him why.
It all depends on whether you think he could ever be trusted again.
Bloody shame as I got the impression you both got on well.
Very like the story of that MOT tester I told you all about. Altho he had actually broken the law and left his employer very nearly in deep do-dos.
Hope you will be as "happy" as you can be with the outcome whatever you do.


