Tractor Thief Handed Suspended Prison Sentence
Written by HFM News on 15th March 2023
A man who stole a tractor from a farm in Weston by Welland has been given a suspended jail sentence.
Paul Francis took the vehicle from a farm on Sutton Road on January 14th – it was found by Police in Buckinghamshire two weeks later.
The stolen tractor was located in Buckinghamshire Pic: Thames Valley Police
The 57-year-old, who was arrested following enquiries by Leicestershire’s Rural Policing Team, pleaded guilty to theft of a motor vehicle at Leicester Magistrates’ Court.
He also admitted the theft of a van, trailer and mini digger from near Northampton last September.
Francis, of Station Road, Long Buckby, was handed an 8 month prison term, suspended for a year, and ordered to pay £15,000 compensation to the company all the vehicles and equipment belonged to.
