The ex-girlfriend of an accountant jailed for embezzling nearly £130,000 yesterday admitted using his cash to pay for a breast enhancement. Andrew Rennie, 26, was jailed for a year after admitting stealing cash from his employers in 2004.

The ex-girlfriend of an accountant jailed for embezzling nearly £130,000 yesterday admitted using his cash to pay for a breast enhancement.

Andrew Rennie, 26, was jailed for a year after admitting stealing cash from his employers in 2004.

His lawyer claimed he had felt under pressure to maintain his former girlfriend's high standard of living.

And yesterday his ex, Sarah Tashnizi, 23, said she accepted the cash to fund the operation and pay for designer clothes.

But she claimed she had "no idea" the cash was embezzled and thought her boyfriend was just rich.

The former law student, originally from Orkney, said: "I was young, only 17 when I met Andrew, and he convinced me he was rich.

"I had no idea he was using stolen money to pay for everything. He paid for it all, designer clothes and my boob job, because he felt guilty about cheating on me throughout our relationship.

"He even cheated on me while I was in hospital recovering from the operation."

The crooked accounts assistant initially took £10,000 from his bosses to pay for the deposit on his mortgage. He then felt an "overwhelming temptation" to take more money and spend it on his girlfriend.

But Rennie claimed his then girlfriend was in on the scam and she accepted the stolen cash in her bank account.

During the court hearing, his solicitor Paul Barnett said: "He felt pressurised by her to spend outwith his means to pay for the lifestyle she enjoyed living.

"After discussing it with Miss Tashnizi, he decided to cash a cheque to pay a deposit and repay the money when he was able to do so.

"He got away with it and felt an overwhelming temptation to do it again. He still had a flat to furnish and Miss Tashnizi enjoyed the good life."

Rennie's lawyer Paul Barnett said the cash was initially "borrowed" from The Don Fishing Company Ltd in Aberdeen but the theft quickly got out of hand.

His trusting bosses signed blank cheques for him to fill in for work purposes which he then cashed into his own bank account.

Jailing him for a year on Thursday, sheriff Annella Cowan branded him a "dishonest character".