A FATHER admitted he was pleased to see his daughter jailed for stealing his family's life savings to pay for a "boob job."

Lisa Reid and her partner Mark Green, of Croftangry Road, in Kelty, were sent to prison for a total of four and a half years after plotting to steal nearly £50,000 from Derek Reid.

Mr Reid said the callous theft had torn his family apart and that the couple are getting what they deserved after a jury found them guilty.

He said: "She needed to get a custodial sentence and hopefully while she is in prison she will wake up and smell the coffee.

"I just hope she will come out of jail a better person. She is still my daughter but this whole thing has been very difficult for us as a family.

"She has lost more than the money she took – she has lost her family as well. It is sad, awful in fact."

Mr Reid said he had lost every penny of the £48,700 the couple had stolen and said: "The money means nothing to me. Money is replaceable.

"It is the damage it has done to my family which hurts most."

Mother-of-one Reid, 29, was jailed for two years after planning the scheme to rob her father's home and steal his safe while he was abroad on holiday.

Green, 35, was jailed for 30 months for carrying out the break-in while Reid tried to give herself an alibi by spending the day with one of her sisters.

After stealing the cash the duo went on a month-long spending spree which included booking a cosmetic surgery break in Belgium and buying numerous pairs of Ugg boots.

The couple bought three cars within a few days and blew thousands of pounds on toys and clothes in the run up to Christmas.

When their home was raided by police two months after the heist, more than £22,000 had been spent and a treasure trove of purchased items were stacked in their Kelty home.

Sheriff Gillian Wade said: "This was a planned offence and both of you seem to be equally culpable for what went on."

She told Reid: "You accept you were the person behind it and that it was your idea and that it was you who drove your partner into perpetrating this offence.

"Mr Green's role was far greater than he is prepared to admit."

She told him: "I do not accept that you were an innocent bystander who was brought in at the last minute.

"It was carried out without any regard for the victims of the crime and I see no alternative to custodial sentences."

The couple had denied being responsible but CCTV footage contradicted their evidence about their whereabouts on the day of the break-in.

Reid told officers that, despite not working, she was able to save up her benefits to pay for the items and a cosmetic surgery holiday in Belgium.

Detective Constable Kelly Webster told the jury: "There were boxes and boxes of shoes, brand new in the box."

Reid replied: "I know I've got a lot of shoes." She told the officer: "Financially, I'm totally fine."

The duo spent £1,830 in cash on beds the day after taking the suitcase-style safe and police had to order a large van to take away all their purchases.

Mr Reid told the trial his family were like the characters from the 1980s TV show Bread and that they all kept their money in a safe in his home.

The Court was told that £48,700 in £20 notes was bundled up and stored in a spare bedroom at his home in Montrose.

Mr Reid was on holiday in the Isle of Wight on September 10, 2016 when he got a call to say that the safe had been taken along with its contents.

Reid and Green were found guilty of breaking in on that date, stealing a safe and forcing it open to steal the £48,700 contents.