A Bournemouth man has pleaded guilty to forgery, after a barmaid refused to accept one of his homemade pound coins, a court heard today.
Unemployed Donald Stuart of Folkestone Close, Winton, was at the Madison Bar in Bournemouth when Mandy Rogers noticed that one of the coins he handed her was “too light, and a strange colour”, magistrates heard from prosecutor Duncan Smith.
At this point the tills were checked and no fewer than 31 similar coins were found.
Upon arrival at Stuart’s home, police found a whole array of forging equipment and materials, claimed to have been given to him by friends.
Mr Barry Stewart, defending, said:
“My client does not know what came over him or why he should have taken such stupid advice.
He went out for the night intending to enjoy himself.
This is the first time he has been in trouble, and, as I say, he deeply regrets the affair.”
Stuart has been sentenced to six months in jail for forgery and possession of substances used to forge counterfeit coins.
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