Man with wheel brace fined £300
A WALCOT man who was found with a wheel brace on his own street has been ordered to pay £319.
Joshua White, of Lennox Drive, pleaded guilty to possessing an offensive weapon in a public place at Swindon Magistrates’ Court.
The 30-year-old had the tool, which screws nuts on a vehicle’s wheels, on Lennox Street on September 10.
He was fined £200 and had to pay £34 to victim services and £85 to the Crown Prosecution Service.
The wheel brace had to be forfeited and destroyed.
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