The Pavilion Garage on Pontypool’s Osborne Road (Image: Google)
A MAN who drove off from a petrol station without paying for £40 worth of fuel has been ordered to pay £237.
Lee Robinson, 29, admitted making off without payment, an offence under the Theft Act, at the Pavilion Garage on Pontypool’s Osborne Road on December 19, 2022.
The defendant was fined £80 and ordered to pay £40 compensation at Newport Magistrates’ Court.
Robinson, of Kemys Fawr Close, Sebastopol, Pontypool must also pay £85 costs and a £32 surcharge.
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