A DRUMCHAPEL man who acquired almost £7.5k of criminal property has been ordered to pay the cash back.

Raymond Jauncey appeared at Dumbarton Sheriff Court last week after previously admitting to receiving the £7400 of criminal property and transferring the money between August 24 and 25, 2018.  

Court papers state the crime took place at Royal Bank of Scotland, Clydebank, Royal Bank of Scotland, Milngavie and at his home on Southdeen Road.

Procurator fiscal Rebecca Reid revealed that the victim has not received any money back.

The 33-year-old's solicitor said that he was now in the position to start paying back the money as he was in employment.

Sheriff Maxwell Hendry said: "This is the fourth time you have broken the law. You have broken the law in a flagrant way.

"You knew perfectly well that money shouldn't have been in your account and you filled your boots with it.

"So now it is payback time. I could send you to prison, but if I do there would be no possibility of the money being recovered.

"It is really that that plays a major role in you not going to prison." The sheriff ordered Jauncey to pay back the £7,400 at £600 per month.

As a direct alternative to custody, he was also placed on a community payback order for 18 months under social work supervision and ordered to complete 140 hours of unpaid work.