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A GRIEVING mum blames a callous Christmas Day break in for losing her unborn child.
Lynsey Montgomery was devastated to find her house turned upside down when her family got up to open their gifts.
By that time thief Gary Doyle, 37, had ransacked the South Side property and left with a haul worth £19,000.
The house became a crime scene and they relied on neighbours to give them furniture and utensils for their Christmas dinner.
Tragically, Mrs Montgomery lost her unborn child only a week later, and blames the distress and trauma suffered.
Doyle, who has 74 previous convictions, pleaded guilty at Glasgow Sheriff Court to breaking into the property at Newlands Road, Glasgow and stealing from the family on December 25, 2015.
He was jailed for two years for his sick crime by sheriff John McCormick.
Around 6am on Christmas morning Mrs Montgomery, her husband James and their two young children opened their presents in the family living room.
Mrs Montgomery went in to the kitchen, where she discovered her house had been broken in to.
Procurator fiscal depute Richard Hill said: “She noticed the kitchen and dining room to be in a state of disarray with cupboard doors open and various items lying on the floor.
“A small dining room window had been smashed and a large amount of blood was on the walls, door frames and dining table which had been fully set for Christmas dinner.”
A cutlery set was miss- ing, the table cloth had been pulled from the table and there was pieces of crockery and gifts lying strewn on the floor.
Mrs Montgomery was pregnant and very distressed by what she found, not wanting her children to see anything.
The police were called in and arrangements made for scenes of crime officers to examine the house the next day
DNA taken from the house matched Doyle in June 2016 and he was later tracked down by police in February 2017.
From the house he took a bin, $2000 cash, hallmarked silver worth £4000 and various bottles of wine and champagne worth more than £5,600.
Defence lawyer Linda Findlay said her client ditched the loot when he got out of the house.