NO EXCUSE: A man has been fined $1000 for buying and trying to sell a stolen cricket bat. FILE PHOTO
A man who bought a stolen cricket bat for $15 and was caught trying to sell it for $5 was fined $1000 in Orange Local Court on Monday.
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Daniel Luke Maguire, 36, of Phillip Street, was charged with receiving and disposing of stolen property.
The bat was in a cricket bag valued at a total of $1300 that was stolen from a car overnight between November 3 and 4, 2016.
Maguire was represented by solicitor Gerry Stapleton who said he bought the bat to stop a friend using it as a weapon.
