TWO men who tricked customers at a building materials firm by giving them less concrete than they had paid for have been given Community Punishment Orders.
Each time a delivery was made some concrete was kept back and hidden on site to be sold later at a profit.
But company officials became suspicious of delivery driver Keith Mort and his friend Edward Fairclough who worked as a labourer.
When they saw unauthorised deliveries being made they checked and found that the hidden concrete had been sold to builders for cash in hand.
Mort, aged 51, of Trafford Road, Eccles, and Fairclough, aged 53, of Trentham Avenue, Farnworth, appeared at Bolton Crown Court for sentence.
They had both earlier admitted two charges of theft of concrete aggregate from Hansons Products.
They saved batches of hidden concrete and when they had enough for a full load, they sold it to unsuspecting customers for cash. Each load was said to be worth £240 and the men split the cash between them.
Judge Bruce Macmillan ordered both men to complete 150 hours of a Community Punishment Order and ordered each man pay £150 towards prosecution costs at £10 a week.
TWO men who tricked customers at a building materials firm by giving them less concrete than they had paid for have been given Community Punishment Orders.
Each time a delivery was made some concrete was kept back and hidden on site to be sold later at a profit.
But company officials became suspicious of delivery driver Keith Mort and his friend Edward Fairclough who worked as a labourer.
When they saw unauthorised deliveries being made they checked and found that the hidden concrete had been sold to builders for cash in hand.
Mort, aged 51, of Trafford Road, Eccles, and Fairclough, of Trentham Avenue in Farnworth, appeared at Bolton Crown Court for sentence.
They had both earlier admitted two charges of theft of concrete aggregate from Hansons Products.
They saved batches of hidden concrete and when they had enough for a full load, they sold it to unsuspecting customers for cash. Each load was said to be worth £240 and the men split the cash between them.
Judge Bruce Macmillan ordered both men to complete 150 hours of a Community Punishment Order and ordered each man pay £150 towards prosecution costs at £10 a week.
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