A Swindon man was banned from a garage for 18 months after he admitted attempting to burgle a mechanic.

Daniel Robert Melhado broke into the ARC Group premises on Hawksworth Industrial Estate in Rodbourne on April 11.

He also used a bank card belonging to someone else to purchase items on four occasions on the same day.

The 38-year-old pleaded guilty to burglary with intent to steal and four counts of fraud by false representation.

Appearing at Swindon Magistrates’ Court for sentencing, he was given a 12-month community order.

During this time, he must complete a six-month drug rehabilitation requirement, 15 sessions of the thinking skills programme and 15 rehabilitation activity days.

Melhado, of Tudor Walk, was also ordered to pay a £95 victim surcharge and was given an 18-month exclusion order, preventing him from going to ARC Group.

Meanwhile, a woman used someone else’s bank cards to buy cigarettes without their permission.

Megan Emily Wright used a bank card belonging to another person to buy £45 of cigarettes one June 11.

That same day, she also received a stolen Lloyds bank card, knowing or believing it to be stolen goods.

The 25-year-old, of Victoria Road, pleaded guilty to receiving stolen goods and fraud by false representation.

She was fined a total of £120 and ordered to pay £45 compensation.

A teenager who scammed buyers by pretending to sell a games console and other electronic devices on Facebook has been ordered to pay them compensation.

Finnley Mark Mapstone posted three items for sale on Facebook Marketplace in the summer and autumn of last year, taking the money but not giving the buyer the goods.

Mapstone, who was 17 at the time, posted a mobile phone, Dyson and a Nintendo Switch twice on the online selling platform, intending to make a gain of £345.

Having pleaded guilty to four counts of fraud by false representation, he was ordered to pay all of that back in compensation during a hearing at Swindon Magistrates’ Court on Monday.

But the now 18-year-old, of Radnor Street in Kingshill, was also given a suspended prison sentence after admitting to one count of engaging in controlling and coercive behaviour and stalking.

The offences involved a “fear of violence and significant long-term impact on the victim”, court registers show.

He was given two sentences of 26 weeks and 18 weeks, both concurrent and suspended for two years.

During that time, he must complete 32 sessions of a programme requirement and 20 rehabilitation activity days.

A restraining order prevents him from contacting the victim for three years.