Peter Willans made off with a shipping container worth thousands before police caught up with him on the M62
A brazen thief tried to steal a shipping container full of bin bags from a transport depot in Manchester before hiding from the police in a service station toilet. Peter Willans, 35, claimed he was put to work by drug dealers who he owed money to after he made off with two trailers on January 20 this year.
READ MORE:Dad was close to suicide and left with £25,000 debt after holiday firm accused him of lying about being ill Willians and his partner-in-crime eventually stopped at the M62 Birch Services, where they hid in the toilets and attempted to avoid detection by "removing outer layers of clothing". However, police found them and, after a "brief struggle", the two men were arrested.
Leila Taleb, defending, said her client had the offer of work as a HGV technician upon his release. She added: "The reality is that Mr Willans had been receiving threats, and those threats were not any directed to him but his immediate family - including his two daughters. Willans, of Ealand Road in Batley, West Yorkshire, admitted two counts of theft, driving without a licence and driving without insurance and was jailed for 28 months. He was also told to pay a victim surcharge while his driving record was endorsed.
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