Lancaster Bargain Booze shopper who went in shop six times is cleared of fake banknote accusation
Nathan Lee Hennedy, 24, of Ashtrees Way, Carnforth, near Lancaster, was found not guilty of purposely passing £20 notes as genuine in a string of transactions at the Bargain Booze on Wentworth Drive, Lancaster, on August 1 last year.
It follows a trial heard before Preston Magistrates’ Court.
In a statement, the store manager said on August 2, 2018, she cashed up the tills and two £20 notes were fake. She then found £60 more in the safe and others in the other till.
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Hide AdCCTV showed Mr Hennedy was in the store six times during the evening. He had also bought a bottle of cider for £4.99 and paid with a £20, and later a bottle of Fanta, also paid for with a £20 note.
The defendant had later returned other items for a refund.
Nina Woodward, an expert for the Bank of England, gave a statement confirming all eight notes had the same serial number.
The bench ruled they could not be sure the defendant’s actions were dishonest and he was cleared.