Mechanic used Covid lockdown to steal Bury Council trailers
Minshull Street Crown Court A BURY Council mechanic took advantage of the coronavirus pandemic to steal trailers, worth £8,000. With only a few people around at the council’s transport depot in April last year, 54-year-old Chris Lock helped himself to two trailers, telling an unwitting buyer that the authority was selling them off. But Lock was caught after a colleague became suspicious and decided to check the tracker on Lock’s truck. After he was arrested Lock, of Strawberry Close, Birchwood, Warrington, resigned and, at Manchester Minshull Street Crown Court, was given a commu...
Source: thisislancashire.co.uk
