Couple who stole almost £49,000 have their sentencing adjourned

A couple who were found guilty after trial of stealing a safe containing almost £49,000 will appear for sentencing at Perth Sheriff Court on April 5.

Mark Green and Lisa Reid had raided the Angus home owned by her father to take the family’s life savings – all in £20 notes.

Green, 35, and Reid, 25, both of Croftangry Road in Kelty, Fife, had previously been found guilty of stealing a safe and forcing it open to steal £48,700 in cash from a property in Angus on September 10 2016.

Yesterday, Sheriff Gillian Wade adjourned sentencing to obtain a psychological report on Reid.

She said: “I’d prefer to have all the information here before I sentence the accused.”

The court had heard family members were all left out of pocket, including a woman who lost £21,000, following the theft of the safe.

During the trial at Perth Sheriff Court, a jury had heard Green and Reid spent almost £23,000 on several items with the stolen money, including clothing, footwear, furniture, games consoles, kitchen equipment and children’s toys.

Most were found still in their packaging by police, who required a van to carry away the goods to storage at Forfar police station.

The trial also heard the pair had bought three cars with the money, including an Audi A4 and Ford Fiesta.

They then travelled to England where they spent £6,000 on a Nissan Juke.

Green and Reid also used the money to travel to Belgium.

Witnesses had told the trial not one penny had been returned to the family.