A bank worker who helped embezzle almost £52,000 from customers was caught when his staff ID was linked to the crime.

Santander employee Rameez Ahmed Hamid, of Coatbridge, North Lanarkshire, was given details over the phone from three customers including banking and security information.

New accounts were created and changes of address were made to Roy Ward and Andrew Shepherd's accounts and more than £50,000 transferred out of them.

But, when an online application was made for a new account and change of address for a third customer, John Parkinson, it raised suspicion.

During an investigation into the suspected fraudulent claim, the 32-year-old's "role was identified" from a staff ID number which had accessed the men's accounts.

Dad-of-one Hamid pleaded guilty at Glasgow Sheriff Court to, while acting with other unknown people, embezzling £51,706 between June 2014 and February 2015.

The court heard part of tele-sales advisor Hamid's job was to process transactions from customers who phoned the bank.

Sheriff Alan MacKenzie deferred sentence until next month and continued Hamid's bail.