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Metal thieves stole a ton of scaffolding
Published on Thursday 26 January 2012 17:16
A THIEF who used his van to steal a company’s equipment so he could sell it for scrap has been banned from the roads.
Terence Hatch helped himself to more than a ton of scaffolding poles from a firm at Simonside Industrial Estate, South Shields, on April 7 last year.
He then went back three weeks later with his pal Kevin Warburton, and the pair stole another half a ton, along with some brackets.
The total value of the stolen property was estimated to be about £2,400.
It was sold for scrap at a yard in Sunderland for about £400.
Hatch, 24, of Windermere Crescent, Hebburn, admitted two charges of theft and was sentenced to an 18-month community order with supervision, programme requirements and 100 hours’ unpaid work.
Warburton, 27, of Lincoln Road, South Shields, was sentenced to a 12-month community order with supervision.
He admitted one charge of theft.
The court heard both men have previous convictions for dishonesty.
Mr Recorder Julian Goose said Hatch, who was the subject of a community order and a conditional discharge at the time of the offences, will be banned from driving for 12 months because he used a van in the commission of the offences.
Vic Laffey, defending, said Hatch works in the scrap metal business, but has a partner who can drive while he serves his ban.
Published on Thursday 26 January 2012 17:16
A THIEF who used his van to steal a company’s equipment so he could sell it for scrap has been banned from the roads.
Terence Hatch helped himself to more than a ton of scaffolding poles from a firm at Simonside Industrial Estate, South Shields, on April 7 last year.
He then went back three weeks later with his pal Kevin Warburton, and the pair stole another half a ton, along with some brackets.
The total value of the stolen property was estimated to be about £2,400.
It was sold for scrap at a yard in Sunderland for about £400.
Hatch, 24, of Windermere Crescent, Hebburn, admitted two charges of theft and was sentenced to an 18-month community order with supervision, programme requirements and 100 hours’ unpaid work.
Warburton, 27, of Lincoln Road, South Shields, was sentenced to a 12-month community order with supervision.
He admitted one charge of theft.
The court heard both men have previous convictions for dishonesty.
Mr Recorder Julian Goose said Hatch, who was the subject of a community order and a conditional discharge at the time of the offences, will be banned from driving for 12 months because he used a van in the commission of the offences.
Vic Laffey, defending, said Hatch works in the scrap metal business, but has a partner who can drive while he serves his ban.
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