A MAN who used a haulage company's cheques to buy plumbing equipment was given a 12-month conditional discharge by magistrates yesterday.
Furniture deliverer Philip Sowerby, 24, of Walker Drive, Bishop Auckland, admitted deceiving trade suppliers in Durham and Crook by paying for two boilers with Durham Haulage company cheques in September last year.
The offences came to light when the cheques, which were covered in his fingerprints, were returned to the company because the accounts had been closed.
On February 2, Graver was convicted of a similar offence and ordered to serve a 12-month rehabilitation order, Bishop Auckland magistrates heard.
He was ordered to repay the £1,361 cost of the boilers.
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