GLASGOW'S Lord Provost has pledged £5000 to reunite a Scots mother with her four young children, who face being put into care in the US unless she can find the cash to fly them home to Scotland.
GLASGOW'S Lord Provost has pledged £5000 to reunite a Scots mother with her four young children, who face being put into care in the US unless she can find the cash to fly them home to Scotland.
Sandra Stirling's plight was highlighted in the Sunday Herald last month Photograph: Mark Mainz
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exclusive By Helen McArdle
Sadie Docherty came forward with the donation from her office's goodwill fund after reading about the plight of Sandra Stirling in the Sunday Herald.
Stirling, 42, has not seen her four children since she was picked up by immigration officials just days after Christmas in 2010 over a conviction for a $300 cheque fraud. She spent the next 12 months in jail, before being deported back to Scotland in December last year. After her return, Stirling was living in Women's Aid accommodation in Glasgow.
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