The sister of former First Minister Lord Jack McConnell was granted a temporary reprieve on Tuesday for stealing £9,000 from a pensioner she was supposed to be caring for.
Anne McConnell could have been jailed for up to a year for her crime, which was branded ‘despicable’ by Sheriff Elizabeth Mc-Farlane.
McConnell, 51, told police officers probing her crime she would ask her Labour peer brother to pay back the money, which was reduced to £9,000 from £17,900 after striking a deal with prosecutors.