- Donna Mackay and her ex-husband withheld hundreds of thousands in tax
- She was jailed for three years and nine months for the fraudulent evasion of tax
- But, less than seven months later, she has been pictured playing golf in Scotland
- She has been given day release by her prison and is free for twos days a week
An £850,000 tax fraudster has boasted of enjoying trips to top golf courses just months after she was jailed for almost four years.
Donna Mackay and her ex-husband Michael Howard were convicted of orchestrating a massive tax scam while running their multi-million pound security systems business.
But the 44-year-old has been enjoying rounds of golf less than seven months after she was jailed after being granted day release from prison.
Donna Mackay was jailed for fraud less than seven months ago, but has since been seen playing golf at St Andrews after she was handed day release privileges from prison
Mackay and her partner operated MDH Ltd from their £400,000 home in Motherwell, Lanarkshire, and spent thousands of pounds on globetrotting and cars before investigators uncovered their wrongdoing.
She was sentenced to three years and nine months behind bars while her former partner was given a three year term for his role in the scheme in March.
Due to day release privileges, she has been snapped on the world famous Swilcan Bridge as she played a round at the Old Course in St Andrews, in what she labelled a ‘fantastic experience’.
She said: ‘Best day ever. Legs like jelly trying to make contact with the ball.’
It has also emerged she has been enjoying regular visits to her new Highland home to see her partner, Lesley Mackay, after being given day release privileges by prison bosses.
She now spends four days at liberty every two weeks before returning to a house in the grounds of HMP Cornton Vale near Stirling.
She was pictured on the Swilcan Bridge at St Andrews during a trip while out of jail for the day