A TEENAGER has been convicted of handling a Merchant seaman’s stolen goods worth thousands of pounds.

Leon Richmond, aged 18, of Whalley Avenue, Johnson Fold, denied receiving stolen goods between June 22 and June 26 but was convicted by Bolton magistrates on Tuesday.

He was found guilty of receiving the Rokit speaker and a Korg Kronus keyboard.

He will be sentenced at Bolton Magistrates Court on September 24.