<p>The case against a British Sikh bank worker accused of stealing over 175,000 pounds from customers in Scotland has collapsed after a paperwork error.<br /><br /></p>.<p>Satnam Kaur was due to go on trial over the allegations centred around the Royal Bank of Scotland (RBS) at Albyn Place in the Scottish city of Aberdeen last week.<br /><br />However, a sheriff at Aberdeen Sheriff Court ruled that the paperwork was incompetent as the words "by authority of Her Majesty's Advocate" were missing from the indictment against 30-year-old Kaur, the BBC reported.<br /><br />The blunder meant the document failed to show that the case had been officially authorised by Scotland's top legal officer.<br /><br />Kaur, from Aberdeen, was alleged to have taken cash from two accounts while working as a customer adviser for RBS.<br /><br />It was claimed she withdrew money as euros and deposited a 120,000-pound cheque into her own account.<br /><br />The court was told that the customers suffered no financial loss as a result of the alleged incidents and she was sacked from her job after the allegations came to light.<br />Legal staff began working on the case after the bank worker appeared in court and denied the offences earlier this year.<br /><br />Prosecutors are legally bound to bring a criminal case against an accused person within 12 months and Kaur's time bar ran out on Friday.<br /><br />Sheriff Graeme Buchanan has refused a motion to extend it stating the Crown had shown a "lack of focus and direction".<br /><br />RBS did not comment on the case.</p>
<p>The case against a British Sikh bank worker accused of stealing over 175,000 pounds from customers in Scotland has collapsed after a paperwork error.<br /><br /></p>.<p>Satnam Kaur was due to go on trial over the allegations centred around the Royal Bank of Scotland (RBS) at Albyn Place in the Scottish city of Aberdeen last week.<br /><br />However, a sheriff at Aberdeen Sheriff Court ruled that the paperwork was incompetent as the words "by authority of Her Majesty's Advocate" were missing from the indictment against 30-year-old Kaur, the BBC reported.<br /><br />The blunder meant the document failed to show that the case had been officially authorised by Scotland's top legal officer.<br /><br />Kaur, from Aberdeen, was alleged to have taken cash from two accounts while working as a customer adviser for RBS.<br /><br />It was claimed she withdrew money as euros and deposited a 120,000-pound cheque into her own account.<br /><br />The court was told that the customers suffered no financial loss as a result of the alleged incidents and she was sacked from her job after the allegations came to light.<br />Legal staff began working on the case after the bank worker appeared in court and denied the offences earlier this year.<br /><br />Prosecutors are legally bound to bring a criminal case against an accused person within 12 months and Kaur's time bar ran out on Friday.<br /><br />Sheriff Graeme Buchanan has refused a motion to extend it stating the Crown had shown a "lack of focus and direction".<br /><br />RBS did not comment on the case.</p>