A dad who bought games consoles with counterfeit cash after his family's benefits were cut was caught out because the dodgy notes were in not .

But eagle-eyed sellers spotted that the false banknotes read 'Twenty Poonds' instead of 'Twenty Pounds'.

Inverness Sheriff Court heard Melville, 27, had arranged to buy PlayStation consoles worth £430 from two different advertisers through online selling site Gumtree last year.

Fiscal depute Ruaridh Allison said:

Melville, of Granish Way, Aviemore was charged with two counts of fraud and one of possessing items of counterfeit currency with the intent to pass or tender them as genuine or deliver them to another.

Melville was not present when the case called but solicitor Josey Donachie pled guilty on his behalf.

She added that he had chosen to buy the consoles from online sellers to sell on for real cash to use in shops because:

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