Man sentenced after he was caught using fake bank notes

A MAN has been sentenced after he was caught using fake bank notes.

Aamir Maniir, 25, was caught using the counterfeit notes at two premises in Leicester earlier this year.

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He appeared at Leicester Magistrates’ Court on Friday, September 18, where he pleaded guilty to two counts of passing as genuine a thing knowing it was a counterfeit of a currency note, and one count of fraud by false representation.

Maniir, of Avon Road, Worcester, was sentenced to 100 hours of unpaid work for each offence.

A destruction order was handed down for the notes.

He will also have to pay £85 in costs and a surcharge of £114.