Lanarkshire business owner had three heart attacks as cruel fraudster plundered family firm

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A Lanarkshire family torn apart by a cruel embezzler are fearful the full extent of her deceit is yet to be uncovered. Crooked bookkeeper Andrea Cochrane worked as a company secretary at East Kilbride-based haulage firm A Steel & Son Contracts for more than 30 years.

She was sentenced to 28 months in jail last month after she admitted embezzling £90,000 between January 2018 and July 2019The Lanarkshire Live app is available to download now.

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After the sentencing the devastated Steel family told us how the business was left "hanging on by the skin of its teeth". Now Amy Steel, daughter-in-law of business founder Jim, has laid bare the personal damage caused by Cochrane.