A bride who claimed a £100 refund for wedding flowers that supposedly never arrived in time for her wedding has been caught with the bouquet after photos emerged on social media.

Sarah Weatherill, 34, and Lisa Husband, 46, who run wedding decor business Forever To Hold in Whitby, North Yorkshire, spotted wedding photos of bride Jordanne McLaughlin with the flowers on Facebook, last week.

Mrs McLaughlin from Port Glasgow, Scotland, offered to repay the balance by £20 per week but eventually returned the refund in full after the mother and daughter-in-law ran business threatened police action against her.

'We said no and mentioned that we contact the police. Then she paid us back in full two days later,' Mrs Weatherill said.

Sarah Weatherill, 34, (right) and Lisa Husband, 46, (left) who run wedding decor business Forever To Hold, have caught bride Jordanne McLaughlin with the bouquet she claimed never arrived for her wedding

Wedding photos of Mrs McLaughlin emerged on Facebook showing her with the bouquet on her wedding. Mrs Weatherill confronted the bride about the images and threatened police action, forcing the bride to return the £100 refund

The florist added: 'I bet she thought she'd never be found out but you can't hide anything anymore [with social media].

'To us £100 is a lot of money. But we refunded her because we wanted to keep our customer services reputation.

'There's so much out there in the news about businesses scamming brides, but I've never heard of a bride who scams a business,' she added.

Back in 2018, Mrs McLaughlin from Port Glasgow, Scotland, complained to Forever To Hold claiming that she had not received her flowers in time for her wedding.

After five months of back and forth about the missing bouquet, they offered a £100 refund - despite the company having proof of postage in January, eight months before her big day.

Immediately after receiving she received the refund, the business partners say all contact with the bride ceased and that she had blocked them on Facebook.

Last week, Mrs Weatherill was left in disbelief when she spotted Mrs McLaughlin's wedding photos online, showing her holding what looked like the exact artificial flower bouquet.

Mrs Weatherill said: 'I bet she thought she'd never be found out but you can't hide anything anymore [with social media]. She added: 'To us £100 is a lot of money. But we refunded her because we wanted to keep our customer services reputation.'

'I wasn't 100 per cent sure they were ours and needed more clarification... I did a bit of investigation and messaged the photographer.

'The photographer sent some pictures over - they were 110 per cent our flowers. I've looked back and they've got exactly the same hessian wrapping on, exactly the same flowers, exactly the same style, exactly where we placed them.

'They are our flowers, because we keep photos of all the bouquets we send. I thought it was bizarre when she blocked us as soon as she got her money.'

Mrs McLaughlin, a mother-of-three, claimed that the flowers miraculously turned up at her neighbours in July - seven months after they were sent.

The bride was contacted for comment and declined to comment. She also appears to have since removed or deactivated her Facebook account.