And finally… cemetery boss lost the plot
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The former superintendent of Edinburgh’s Mount Vernon Cemetery has admitted selling forged burial deeds for nearly a decade.
William Henderson, 46, pleaded guilty to a single fraud charge in Edinburgh Sheriff Court yesterday.
Between 2006 and 2015, he is said to have made around £14,000 from selling forged deeds to burial plots that were not available for sale.
He altered official records to make it appear the plots were vacant and produced false documents purporting to be deeds showing ownership of the spaces.
One man bought a plot from him for £850, but later realised that the transaction was not genuine.
Mr Henderson faces a probable jail term when he comes up for sentencing on 29 September.
He had no authority to sell the plots, as they were either already owned by others, situated in common ground, or had remains interred in them.
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