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A former Scottish professional footballer caught carrying out a £400,000 money laundering handover was jailed today.

James Keatings, 33, transported heavy boxes of crime cash in a white Transit van while working as a plasterer.

Keatings, once on the books as a forward for clubs including Celtic , Hearts, Hibs, St Johnstone, Dundee United, Hamilton Accies, Raith Rovers, Inverness Caley Thistle, Forfar and Tranent, admitted possessing and transferring criminal property.

Falkirk Sheriff Court heard he had been drawn into crime after a hip injury at the age of 27 left him in chronic pain and he began to play at lower and lower levels in the game before quitting altogether and learning a trade.

Tony Graham KC, defending , said: “At the age of 30, having had a relati

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