A FORKLIFT truck driver stole from his employer after only two days because he did not want a job, a court heard yesterday.
Gary Mills, 45, pleaded guilty to stealing a bottle of aftershave from Savers, on June 29, when he appeared at Darlington Magistrates' Court.
Mills, of Anns Terrace, Hopetown, Darlington, had started work at Savers warehouse, in Faverdale, Darlington, only two days before the theft.
He got the job through an agency, but was upset by the hours.
Jonathan Bambro, prosecuting, said: "He suffered from anxiety, depression and self harm and didn't really want the job."
Mills told the court: "It was stupid. I was quite ill and shouldn't have been working."
Magistrates fined him £75 and ordered him to pay £43 costs and a £15 Victim Support surcharge.
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