STEALING a giro cheque and cashing it by forging the recipient’s signature resulted in a Kelso man being sentenced to a two-year community payback order and told to complete 125 hours of unpaid work at last Friday’s sitting of Jedburgh Sheriff Court.
Benjamin Trimble, 24, of Station Road, admitted stealing the cheque at a house at Maxmill Park, Kelso, on November 3 last year and forging a signature to obtain £91.63 at the town’s post office.
Trimble also pleaded guilty to entering an unlocked car and stealing a remote control at Croft Road, Kelso, on May 15.
He and another man, who was carrying bolt cutters, were captured on CCTV wiping potential fingerprints from the inside of the vehicle and its door handles.
Trimble admitted forcing open a garden shed at Croft Road with intent to steal on the same date and stealing electrical items from a house at Grovehill, Kelso, four days later.
Trimble also admitted behaving in a threatening or abusive manner, kicking doors and striking windows at Maxmill Park on May 21 and stealing alcohol from Lidl, Shedden Park, Kelso, on June 13.