A WOMAN attempted to break-in to her grandmother's house with the intent to steal while she was at the bingo.

Michelle Finlay also pretended to be someone else to get prescriptions for Tramadol and used a stolen bank card to get cash at Asda in Dunfermline.

The 24-year-old was spotted trying to break into the house by a neighbour who took photos and called the police.

Appearing at Dunfermline Sheriff Court, Finlay previously admitted that on July 10, 2016, she tried to remove the lock on the door of her grandmother's house in Cowdenbeath, with a wrench or similar tool, and attempted to break in with the intent to steal.

She also pleaded guilty that, between March 16 and September 1, at Linburn Health Centre, Dunfermline, she pretended to staff that she was someone else and induced them to issue prescriptions to her for Tramadol, and therefore obtained various quantities of Tramadol by fraud.

And between September 2 and September 8 at the Asda Halbeath store in Dunfermline and elsewhere, she used a stolen bank card and PIN number to steal £540 from an ATM.

She also admitted breaching a community payback order imposed for stealing jewellery from a house in Cowdenbeath between December 2013 and August 2014.

Depute fiscal Dev Kapadia said: "Finlay's grandmother became extremely upset when she realised it was her and the photos were given to the police."

Defence solicitor Roshni Joshi said: "She has problems with prescribed medication and has now asked her church minister for help with bereavement counselling.

"Her coping mechanism was burying her head in the sand. These offences are out of character and I would say in this case mental health difficulties are the problem."

Finlay, of McGinlay Terrace, Lochore was placed on a restriction of liberty order for six months and an 18 month supervision order.

Sheriff Craig McSherry told her that if she breached the order she would find herself in custody.