A woman duped her ex-lover into believing she was expecting his child by wearing a fake baby bump and sending his mum fake scans and fictitious hospital appointments.
Jaclyn McGowan kept up the cruel pretence for nine months as she tried to make Jamie Aitken's family believe she was carrying his child.
Perth Sheriff Court heard the 36-year-old repeatedly approached Jamie's relatives to discuss her "baby" and turned up at his brother's workplace appearing to be heavily pregnant, Daily Record reports.
But McGowan from Rattray, Blairgowrie, Perthshire, had purchased a fake baby bump which she was wearing under her clothing at the time.
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