A former Girl Guides commissioner has admitted stealing money from an 84-year-old man.

Ann Taylor, 52, went missing days after the theft from Otto Ulstrum at his home in Crieff, Perthshire.

Taylor, who was the Guides' central division commissioner, admitted stealing £163.28 from Mr Ulstrum on October 21, 2015.

Full details of the offence will be given at the next hearing of the case at Perth Sheriff Court after sentence was deferred on Thursday.

Taylor, who was not present in court, went missing in the middle of November after she became aware police were carrying out an investigation into her conduct.

She went missing and was later spotted walking across the Tay Bridge in Dundee before eventually being found in Fife several days later.

Taylor, of Lintibert Terrace in Muthill, Perthshire, has previous convictions for theft, theft by opening a lockfast place and an attempt to open a lockfast place.

She was convicted for those offences at the same sheriff court on October 28, 2014, and was ordered to pay £350 compensation to her victim and carry out 140 hours unpaid work