A CRIME clan member who stashed more than £1m of dirty money at the home of his ex-River City star sister has been jailed for two years.

Stephen O'Donnell hid the cash mainly in supermarket bags at the house Laura Noble shared with her family in Robroyston, Glasgow.

Police went on to find another £76,000 of ill-gotten gains at the 43-year-old's property in the city's Lambhill.

O'Donnell initially appeared in the dock at the High Court in Glasgow in October alongside his 37-year-old sister, who - under her maiden name - previously played Shellsuit Bob's girlfriend Michelle Rafferty in the BBC Scotland show.

The siblings were joined in the dock her husband Brian Noble, also 37.

O'Donnell admitted to two charges under the Proceeds of Crime Act of possessing "criminal property" totalling £1,092,290.

The couple had also faced the same accusation in connection to the find at their home, but prosecutors accepted not guilty pleas.

O'Donnell today returned to court to learn his fate.

The hearing was told he had got involved after financial issues with his work and the taxman.

Sentencing, Lady Stacey stated: "I am prepared to accept you are remorseful and did not know the sums of money that were to be involved.

"You involved your sister and her husband (by storing money at their home).

"It is also potentially dangerous and the involvement of your sister is a despicable thing to do.

"Involving yourself is one thing, but to involve her is another."

The judge said the jail term would have been three years, but for the guilty plea.

Prosecutor Mark Mohammed KC told the hearing in October: "Between April 8 and 23 2022, O'Donnell collected and stored money on behalf of a known organised crime group.

"They had substantial assets and was involved in the widespread distribution of controlled drugs.

"He vacuum-packed cash for the purpose of distributing it."

Police were alerted that O'Donnell had been stashing ill-gotten gains at the home of a "family member".

It resulted in warrants being issued to search the detached home of his sister and brother-in-law.

Officers went on to seize banknotes in vacuum packs hidden in drawers, a cupboard and a bedroom.

O'Donnell's fingerprints and DNA were on several of the supermarket bags some of the cash hauls were in.

The carpet fitter's home was also searched and more cash was seized including from inside the pocket of a designer Vivienne Westwood hoodie.

O'Donnell was later arrested but made no comment to the police.

The court heard today that O'Donnell got into "mess with the inland revenue" in 2018 and was "worried" how he would pay back money that was owed.

Thomas Ross KC, defending, said: "He was offered a route out to repay some of the debts and, in the absence of an alternative option, he was tempted."

The defence advocate added O'Donnell then did not realise the money he eventually stored "would be the level that it was".