Father stole angle grinder from pier
Grant Durnion said he had just been fishing, but he had no tackle on him.
Durnion, a 23-year-old father, of Withnell Road, South Shore, pleaded guilty to theft of an angle-grinder and power lead from South Pier, belonging to Crown Entertainments Centres Ltd.
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Hide AdHe was sentenced to a six months community order, ordered to go to an attendance centre for 18 hours and told to pay a £180 court charge with £85 costs plus £60 victims’ surcharge by Blackpool magistrates.
Chrissie Hunt, prosecuting, said a security guard on South Pier saw two men acting suspiciously under the pier on June 24 at 5.45am.
Suzanne Mugford, defending, said Durnion had found the tools.