A DYING pensioner was robbed of his life savings by his own son.

Kris MacPherson enlisted the help of his step-brother David Morgan to carry out a plan to empty his dad’s bank account before he passed away.

MacPherson, 35, hatched a fraudulent scheme to get Lloyds TSB to issue a new bank card and pin number for his father, Donald MacPherson, so he could steal his money to pay off debt.

He enlisted the help of Morgan, 47, after promising to pay him £1,600 if he drove the thief to various banks to carry out the transactions.

The ‘extremely ill’ pensioner’s account contained £11,000 worth of life savings which he had planned to use to pay for his funeral and to leave to his family after he died.

On December 4, 2013, MacPherson of Lethington Tower in Shawlands and Morgan, of Lethington Avenue, in Shawlands, travelled to their local branch of Lloyds TSB to carry out their first theft.

In the hours that followed, they drove to six other branches where they each took turns to make high value transactions.

Their movements were captured on CCTV footage which showed that both men used the card to take money out of the account.

They continued their plan on December 5, when they travelled to a Lloyds TSB on Neilston Road and Paisley.

Over the course of 48 hours, the pair stole a total of £9,870.

Their crimes were picked up by the bank who contacted Donald MacPherson to advise him of the unusual activity on his account.

Mr MacPherson’s daughter identified both her brother and Morgan from CCTV footage and still images taken at the banks.

MacPherson attended Cathcart police station and made full admissions to knowing his father had a quantity of money in his account, taking the bank card and contacting Morgan to drive him around to take money out.

Morgan also later attended Cathcart police station on May 21, 2014, and made admissions on his part.

He told officers that MacPherson had promised to pay him money he was already owed to assist him in moving the funds.

Both men were cautioned and charged by officers. MacPherson made no reply while Morgan said: “I had no idea it was that kind of money”.

After attending the police station, MacPherson was not tracked down for several months meaning the pair went unpunished for their crimes for more than three years - during which time Donald MacPherson passed away.

They appeared at Glasgow Sheriff Court for sentencing this week after pleading guilty to forming a fraudulent scheme to obtain money from the bank account, obtaining a new bank card, stealing said bank card and attending various branches and pretending that they were entitled to withdraw money.

MacPherson’s defence agent told the court that his client had a ‘strained’ relationship with his dying father after his crime was exposed.

Morgan’s defence agent said that he went along with the plan to get back what he was owed from MacPherson.

It was noted that neither men are in a position to pay the money back.

Sheriff Mary McCrory ordered both men to undergo 230 hours of unpaid work within a period of nine months as a direct alternative to custody.