Callous Scots crook who embezzled £50,000 from own mum spent cash on 'takeaways and taxis'

A crooked Renfrew woman who embezzled almost £50,000 from her frail 90-year-old mother and spent it on takeaways and “frivolous” purchases has been jailed.

Margaret Bolland swindled £48,193.49 from her mother’s bank accounts between November 2014 and January 2019.

Bolland, of Afton Drive, was granted power of attorney over her mother Mary’s finances in September 2014 – and alarm bells started ringing within the family when she received a letter from a debt collector.