Jail warning for man who bought "ridiculous" cash (From Western Telegraph)

Jail warning for man who bought "ridiculous" cash

11:36am Thursday 27th September 2007 in

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A man who bought ten counterfeit £20 notes in a pub and then tried to bank them has been warned he could face a prison sentence.

David John Jones of Amphion Court, Pembroke Dock pleaded guilty to passing over six forged notes at Lloyds Bank and to possessing a further four.

He also pleaded guilty to possessing 687.06 grams of herbal cannabis and 3.48 grams of cannabis resin.

Haverfordwest Magistrates court heard how Jones had tried to bank the forged notes with real ones on May 11th.

The cashier alerted Jones to the notes and he told her they must have come from the cash sale of a motorbike. He then said that he would return with the rest of the money.

When Jones didn't come back the cashier alerted the police.

Magistrates heard that Jones had bought the notes for £4 each while heavily intoxicated in a pub.

"If you look at the notes they are unsophisticated copies, laughable, they look ridiculous," said Jones' solicitor Mark Layton.

"My client was very heavily intoxicated at the time of buying the notes."

Jones, whose previous convictions include burglary and drink driving, had been working on the Bluestone project, but was dismissed as a consequence of his drugs charges.

He will next appear in court on October 17th, following the production of a pre-sentencing report.

He was told by the presiding magistrate: "We will be recommending custody is appropriate in your case."