Kirk is alleged to have purchased goods worth over £2,000 on a stoeln bank card
A GALASHIELS man has been accused of going on a spending spree in local shops with a stolen bank card.
Richard Kirk, 56, of Kilnknowe Caravan Park, is charged with fraudulently obtaining food, household items and clothing to the value of £2233.92 on October 20 by using the card.
He denies stealing the card from a woman's house in Forest Gardens, Galashiels, on October 18, and then withdrawing £900 from the account over the course of the next three days from bank machines.
A trial date has been set for March 14 with an intermediate hearing at Selkirk Sheriff Court on February 13.
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