Disqualified driver who stole fuel in Telford avoids jail
A disqualified driver who stole fuel from a petrol station has avoided prison.
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Sean Lowther, aged 52, took filled up a Ford Focus with £20 worth of fuel from Trench Lock Services in Telford on February 24 this year. The car was uninsured and did not have a valid MOT.
Lowther, of Lodge Road Caravan Site, Lodge Road, Donnington, Telford, pleaded guilty at Kidderminster Magistrates Court to driving while disqualified, making off without payment, driving a car without a valid MOT, driving without insurance and failing to surrender to bail.
He was given a 15-week prison sentence, suspended for 12 months. He will be electronically tagged every day for eight weeks from 5pm to 6am. He was also ordered to pay £20 compensation for the fuel he stole
