A 57-YEAR-OLD man has appeared in court and admitted stealing more than £13,000.

Allan McCulloch appeared at Dunfermline Sheriff Court and admitted that between September 2, 2014, and May 13 last year, at his home in North Street, Lochgelly and elsewhere, he stole £13,452.74.

A ‘not guilty’ plea from his wife, Veronica McCulloch, 56, was accepted to the same charge.

Depute fiscal Dev Kapadia said the money involved was for payments which should have been made to a nursing home in Dunfermline where McCulloch’s mother-in-law lives.

Sheriff Craig McSherry called for reports and McCulloch will be sentenced on July 25.