It is hard to imagine there's a worse father in Scotland

LOVE RAT DITCHED FAMILY FOR NEIGHBOUR | Shameless dad of 6 took baby milk money to spend on booze and fags

- MARK MCGIVERN

A CHEATING dad of six dumped his family to shack up with a female neighbour after stealing benefit cash for baby milk and spending it on booze and fags.

Gary Meikle, 33 branded "the worst father in Scotland" committed the fraud after walking out on wife Tracey and his kids.

Meikle pocketed an NHS Healthy Start Card, specifically meant to pay for baby milk and healthy food.

He took it to a petrol station and convenience stores and bagged £500 worth of alcohol and cigarettes - and paid next to nothing in maintenance for his family, according to Tracey.

Meikle, who has moved in with a neighbour and lives 100 yards away from his marital home, appeared before a sheriff in Kilmarnock after Tracey, 43, discovered the Healthy Start account had been plundered.