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A woman who stole money from a cancer charity set up in memory of her best friend's daughter has been ordered to pay back over £70,000.

Lindsay MacCallum, 61, defrauded the charity Rainbow Valley over the course of a decade, after launching it with former friend Angela MacVicar.

She also embezzled £9,505 from the Anthony Nolan Trust - a stem cell donation charity.

MacCallum was jailed for three years in October after she pleaded guilty to two fraud charges.

During a hearing at Falkirk Sheriff Court to recover the stolen money under the Proceeds of Crime Act, Advocate Deirdre Flanagan said it had been agreed that the 61-year-old had stolen a total of £95,483.48 from the charities.

The former Royal Navy servicewoman - who has already paid back £25,000 to the Rainbow Valley charity - has now been given a confiscation order for the remaining £70,483.48.

The court heard MacCallum took the money while being in no financial difficulty and has £175,000 in personal wealth.

Sheriff Craig Harris continued the case until 11 December in an attempt to ensure the money is returned to the charities, he added it is a "very complex legal scenario.”

Money recovered under the Proceeds of Crime Act normally goes to the treasury or central bank.

A trial at Hamilton Sheriff court previously heard that MacCallum worked as a fundraising manager for the Anthony Nolan Trust from 1995 to 2012 before she left to set up Rainbow Valley with Mrs MacVicar.

In 2005, Mrs MacVicar lost her 27-year-old daughter Johanna to leukaemia and the foundation was established in her honour.

The pair worked together for ten years before a fall-out in 2022 which led to he discovery of discrepancies in an account set up for a fundraising ball.

Ms MacVicar previously told 91�ȱ� Scotland News she felt "hurt and betrayed" by her former friend's actions.

She added it has "tarnished" her daughter Johanna's legacy but the charity has continued to flourish.