Unsolved murder mum is fake baby fraudster

She stole over £1200 in thieving spree

- GORDON CURRIE

A MOTHER cleared of a gruesome unsolved murder faked having a baby to dupe elderly and vulnerable men into giving her cash.

Angela Newlands also stole eight cockapoo pups and threw most of them over a fence, as well as carrying out a lengthy campaign of theft and fraud.

Newlands, 34, targeted victims as old as 85 by pretending she wanted relationships with them.

She also faked injury to persuade people to drive her round after getting into their cars uninvited, stealing and using their bank cards.

Prosecutor Sam Craib told Dundee Sheriff Court that Newlands approached Matthew Hume, 58, outside a supermarket on October 10, 2023, said she was called Lisa and asked for money for her non-existent baby.

Mr Craib said: "She said she needed it to buy nappies and baby milk for her baby, which was not true. He gave the accused around £10 to £12 as that was the amount of change he had on him.