the money

“They reasoned that people would be more likely to spend a small, recurring extra bit of money that they might not even notice, and that the quicker the money was spent, the faster it would cycle through the economy.”

A woman who stole £86,000 from a charity set up in memory of her best friend's daughter has been given three months to repay the money.

McCallum, who was jailed for three years in October has already paid back £25,000 of the money she stole from her former friend.

It had been feared that if a criminal confiscation order was granted, the rest of the money MacCallum was due to repay would have gone to the Treasury.

Mr Rashid said that if the money was repaid by March 2025, court action by the Crown under the Proceeds of Crime Act would be withdrawn.