A LORRY driver has been jailed for 18 months for stealing tools, equipment and fuel from Chisholms Recovery Specialists and Chisholms Garage in Ballachulish.
Procurator fiscal Martina Eastwood told Fort William Sheriff Court that on November 10, 2014, the owners of premises in West Quarry, Ballachullish, reported they had been broken into, storage containers were opened and contents, tools and equipment worth £5,000 had been taken. Sixty litres of diesel had been siphoned from fuel tanks on the premises. She said CCTV footage showed a white van pulling up at the yard and a man taking items, putting them in the van and driving off, although it was not possible to identify the man from the footage.
She told the court a yellow hose was found in one fuel tank, DNA from which was analysed and matched to Sandu, 25, after he was stopped by police on a separate matter on November 26, 2016, and found with items belonging to Chisholms in his van.