A law graduate filmed on CCTV riding off on a stolen bicycle has been fined £70.
Christopher Lindsay of Granville Street, Boston, was also ordered to pay £180 compensation, £85 costs and a £15 victim's surcharge after pleading guilty to a theft charge.
Prosecutor Daniel Paulson said the bike had been left chained to a lamppost in an alleyway off Boston Market Place on August 31.
Boston Magistrates heard the 28-year-old was seen by CCTV operators riding the bicycle after he and another man briefly entered the alleyway.
Mitigating, Sasha Waxman claimed the other man used bolt cutters to free the bike from the lamppost and Lindsay then rode it away.
She revealed he had a law degree and planned to move to Manchester within the next few weeks where he had a job lined up.
Miss Waxman added Lindsay, who had previous criminal convictions, was "deeply regretful and ashamed to be in court."
Source: Thisislincolnshire, Wednesday 9th November 2011
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