Five suspects accused of embezzling from Glasgow's Buchanan Galleries

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Five suspects are accused of embezzling almost £275,000 from a shopping mall's car park.

Neil Buddy, 37, John Barrett, 65, Lynn Gillespie, 59, Mark Barlow, 38 and David Findlay, 65, deny the charge against them.

Court papers state the group were employed as parking attendants at Glasgow's Buchanan Galleries multi-story car park.

The charge says that they embezzled a total of £274,093.34 from pay as you go parking machines.

The alleged offence is stated to have taken place between May 1 2019 and May 24 2022.

A further hearing at Glasgow Sheriff Court was set for January 2026.

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