Mum-to-be tried to bank fake cheque

A PREGNANT woman who was having financial difficulties tried to bank a fraudulent cheque, a court heard.

A teller at a Bank of Scotland branch became suspicious when Danielle Colvan tried to pay a cheque for 7,850 into her account.

Examination under a UV light at first appeared to show the cheque was genuine, but the teller noticed that the area where the name of the company, LDN Architects, was printed was a different shade to the rest of the cheque.

Colvan, 22, of Gorgie Road, Edinburgh, pleaded guilty yesterday in Edinburgh Sheriff Court to attempting to obtain 7,850 by presenting, as genuine, the fraudulently-altered cheque at the North Bank Street branch of the Bank of Scotland in Edinburgh on 1 July last year.

Police were called after she left and LDN Architects were contacted and confirmed that the cheque with the relevant number was still in their cheque book.

Sheriff Kathrine Mackie deferred sentence for background reports.