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Woman who stole from friend's cancer charity to repay cash

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Lindsay MacCallum defrauded charity Rainbow Valley over the course of a decade .

The 61-year-old embezzled 86,000 from charity set up in memory of her best friend's daughter.

She was jailed for three years in October after pleading guilty to two fraud charges.

She has already paid back 25,000 of the money she stole from former friend Angela MacVicar .

Falkirk Sheriff Court was told it had been agreed with her lawyers to delay confiscation.

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