A woman who ran up nearly £50,000 of debt in her partner’s name has been given permission to appeal her jail sentence.
Pamela Milne was locked up for 14 months for forging Allan Bartlett’s signature and applying for internet loans to secure credit in his name.
Her actions nearly cost her unsuspecting partner of four years his home in Ellon.
The 35-year-old admitted the offence at Aberdeen Sheriff Court late last year.
Now she has lodged an appeal against her jail term, after being granted permission by judges Lord Bracadale and Lady Clark of Calton at the Court of Criminal Appeal in Edinburgh.
A date for the appeal has yet to be set.
During the hearing in Aberdeen, the court was told Mr Bartlett only found out about Milne’s deception when a loan company called him up demanding repayment.
Milne, who was living with Mr Bartlett in Swan Road, Ellon, at the time, ran up so much debt Mr Bartlett effectively had his credit blacklisted and faced the prospect of losing his home.
As well as securing loans worth nearly £35,000 during 2010, she managed to access a further £13,500 from the account she shared with Mr Bartlett by forging his signature.
In November 2011, the extent of the borrowing scam was revealed when Mr Bartlett received a phone call from Link Loans asking how he aimed to repay the debt.
When he discovered what she had been doing, he ended their relationship and called the police.
Milne went to live with her parents in Sussex and they have since paid off the outstanding debt.
Sheriff Graham Buchanan said at the time her fraud was “on scale that leaves little room for manoeuvre” and that jail was the only appropriate sentence.