The cash raised in Castlemilk was never given to the mental health charity.
Steven Massey, 39, swindled the cash from Scottish Association for Mental Health after creating socially distanced street bingo events in Castlemilk during lockdown.
The court heard that SAMH provided him with items to run the socially distanced neighbourhood bingo events between January and October 2020."People stayed in their garden and some people brought their cars and sat in their cars.Massey stated that he spent some of the cash on prizes such as slow cookers, pillows and duvets.Scott McQuire, defending, asked where the money went.
The hearing was told that Massey handed over a phone number to police he claimed belonged to his aunt, but it did not work.Massey: "I started contacting my family and friends to see if they had seen her. Massey stated that the last he saw her was in a cafe in Glasgow city centre in September 2020 after the last event.He replied: "I suffer from mental health."
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