Manager at charity facing fraud charge

A MANAGER at Scotland’s largest children’s charity has been charged by police over allegations that she falsely claimed to have a medical qualification.
Susan Stewart, 43, managed the Aberlour Child Care Trust’s family centre in Fakirk. She also acted as a government adviser on child protection.

She had referred to herself as Doctor Susan Stewart, but it has now emerged that she is being investigated for a charge relating to the use of a medical title.

She is no longer at her post with the charity and police have charged her with fraud.

Crown Office prosecutors are investigating the mum of two for fraud offences allegedly committed between 2003 and 2012.

They are trying to establish whether Stewart allegedly misled MSPs, council officials and her own bosses at the charity.