A former college director has had all charges against her dropped after a £3.3m fraud investigation.

The Crown's case against the former director of European funding at Adam Smith College in Kirkcaldy, Leigh Berridge, has been deserted.

It was alleged staff had provided "fabricated" information about staffing costs for EU-funded projects and obtained £3.3m of cash from the Scottish Government that it was not entitled to.

It emerged on Thursday the Crown Office had concluded its investigation after two years and no further criminal proceedings are expected to be brought in connection with the case.

Charges against Anna Milligan, a business development manager at the college, were previously dropped.

A spokesman for the Crown Office said: "The Crown raised criminal proceedings against Anna Milligan and Leigh Berridge, charging them with operating a fraudulent scheme by which Adam Smith College, Kirkcaldy, falsely claimed EU funding from the Scottish Government.

"No individual gained financially from the scheme and the investigation was complex, involving detailed scrutiny of the college's finances and systems of management and administration.

"As further evidence came to light, it became clear that there was no longer sufficient evidence to continue criminal proceedings."

Four people were originally questioned over the allegations, which focused on a period between 2008 and 2012.

Adam Smith College has since merged with Carnegie College in Dunfermline to form Fife College.