By Francesca Infante and James Mulholland PUBLISHED: 05:11 EST, 3 October 2012 | UPDATED: 06:56 EST, 3 October 2012 Betrayal of trust: Kenneth McCaskey pleaded guilty to a charge of house-breaking and theft at Edinburgh Sheriff Court When Kenneth McCaskey started dating the boss’s daughter, he was welcomed into the family like one of their own. But it yesterday emerged that the salesman had betrayed their trust by breaking into their home and stealing a safe containing £50,000. A court heard that magazine publisher Jeremy Hitchen only realised the strong-box was missing when his three-storey townhouse was flooded. It may have been missing for as long as four months.
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Kenneth McCaskey, 26, worked for magazine publisher Jeremy Hitchen
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Employed for three years and was dating his daughter Lucy
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Stole safe containing £50,000 from family home in Royal Circus, Edinburgh
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Family only noticed the safe had disappeared when the house was flooded
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McCaskey confessed to girlfriend that he was responsible for the theft
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