Husband and wife wake up to find £11million in bank account... then got some bad news

A husband and wife were left gobsmacked when they woke up to find a staggering £11 million in their stocks and shares account.

Richard Warnock, who works as a builder, and his wife Jacqueline, a nursery worker, thought they had "hit the jackpot" after a banking error resulted in them receiving the huge sum.

The couple, who have been customers of global investment company Abrdn for five years, were shocked to see a massive £8.3m in Richard's account and £2.5m in Jacqueline's on Wednesday morning (March 20).

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Richard, 56, told the Daily Record: "For a couple of hours there, I thought this might be real and we'd hit the jackpot! It was like winning the EuroMillions! My heart was racing when I saw the cash. We had already started thinking about how we would spend it."

He said he thought it "might be a mistake" until he noticed his wife's account was up too.

"We started thinking one of our company investments had gone through the roof overnight as is the nature with the stock market and this could be genuine," he added. The couple, who have two children, use their accounts for a self-invested private pension and a Stocks and Shares ISA.

Richard initially questioned the sum of money, but when his account balance stayed the same for several hours he believed he had made a windfall overnight. However, their happiness soon turned to sadness when they discovered it was all because of a computer glitch.

Richard expressed: "When we found out that there had been a mistake, my heart just sank. I'd really gotten my hopes up.

"We still don't know how it all really happened. Abrdn haven't been in contact. We were told about the error through our