POLICE looking for a car involved in the theft of petrol from a garage found it being driven the wrong way down the A66, a court was told yesterday.
Teenage driver Robert Thompson was heading towards oncoming traffic at the junction for Stang, near Barnard Castle, County Durham, when police stopped him.
Garage staff reported the Rover Metro after the occupants failed to pay £13 for petrol in Richmond, Teesside Crown Court heard.
A judge ordered that Thompson, 18, of Portland Place, Darlington, attend a Think First programme as part of a two-year community rehabilitation order after he pleaded guilty to dangerous driving and driving while disqualified, on April 24.
The court heard that Thompson is due to be released on Friday from a four-month detention and training order for two offences of taking vehicles without consent.
Yesterday, he was disqualified from driving for a year and ordered to pass an extended driving test before re-applying for a licence.
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