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Bride jailed for stealing £200,000 towards wedding Bride jailed for stealing £200,000 towards wedding
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A bride who stole £200,000 from her employers to pay for a lavish wedding has been jailed.A bride who stole £200,000 from her employers to pay for a lavish wedding has been jailed.
Part-time accounts assistant Kirsty Lane, 30, transferred the funds from Pure AV's bank account into that of her and her future husband, Graham.Part-time accounts assistant Kirsty Lane, 30, transferred the funds from Pure AV's bank account into that of her and her future husband, Graham.
The fraud was discovered shortly after the pair's wedding took place near Blackpool, Lancashire in January 2011. The fraud was discovered shortly after the pair's wedding at the Great Hall at Mains, near Blackpool in January 2011.
Lane, of Lewis Close, Adlington was sentenced to 20 months in prison at Preston Crown Court. Lane, of Lewis Close, Adlington, Lancashire was sentenced to 20 months in prison at Preston Crown Court.
She stole about £125,000 from the Leyland company, which installs audio-visual equipment, by putting in fake invoices, marking them as paid and then depositing the money into her own account.She stole about £125,000 from the Leyland company, which installs audio-visual equipment, by putting in fake invoices, marking them as paid and then depositing the money into her own account.
She also diverted about £75,000 through her husband's account, which she told him were savings, salary and bonuses.She also diverted about £75,000 through her husband's account, which she told him were savings, salary and bonuses.
Police said a large proportion of the money had been used to fund a lavish wedding. 'Cynical exploitation'
A spokesman said it had also been "used to pay for items including iPhone and iPad covers, compact mirrors and car keys covered in Swarovski crystals and wedding flowers". Police said Lane began working for Pure AV in May 2007 and started siphoning money into her account in December 2008.
A spokesman said the offences had continued until she left the company for her wedding on 23 January 2011.
He said a large proportion of the money had been used to fund that "lavish wedding".
"The money was used to pay for items including iPhone and iPad covers, compact mirrors and car keys covered in Swarovski crystals, and wedding flowers," he said.
Passing sentence, Judge Pamela Badley said the "modest" first amounts of cash Lane stole from the company had escalated and gone on to fund a luxury lifestyle.
Judge Badley said her behaviour had been "fraudulent from the outset" and told her she had taken part in a "cynical exploitation of the small company for which you worked".
Speaking after sentencing, Det Con Will Hogan said Lane had "abused her position of trust to steal from her employer and fund a lavish lifestyle".
"The consequences of her greedy and appalling behaviour have had a massive impact on this small company, which has been adversely affected by the loss of this huge sum of money," he said.
Graham Lane was found not guilty to one count of money laundering at Preston Crown Court on an earlier date.