Street view image from 2018 of the Sainsbury's petrol station in Colchester Avenue, Cardiff. Picture: Google
A MAN who "dishonestly made off" from a petrol station without paying for fuel has been left nearly £700 out of pocket.
Caerphilly man Rhys Walters appeared before magistrates in Cardiff on Monday to plead guilty to one charge of making off without making payment.
The 25-year-old was at a Sainsbury's garage in Colchester Avenue, Cardiff, when he committed the offence on February 24.
Magistrates fined him £484 for the offence, and also ordered him to pay compensation to the tune of £78.88 - the value of the diesel he made off with.
Walters, of St Helen's Court, must also pay court costs of £85 and a £48 victim surcharge.
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