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Cole pleads guilty to Freightliner fraud

11th July 1991, Page 8
11th July 1991
Page 8
Page 8, 11th July 1991 — Cole pleads guilty to Freightliner fraud
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• Geoffrey Coles, the Salfordbased haulier involved in the Freightliner fraud case, has been sentenced to 150 hours community service.

Coles of Worcester Road, Salford pleaded guilty at Manchester Crown Court to conspiring with former Freightliner Manchester depot manager Terence Bevington to defraud Freightliner by pretending that tractive units belonging to GR

Graylease and CLS Trailer Hire had been hired to Freightliner when they were in fact in the possession of his firm, B&C Haulage. Bevington of Redcar Close Hazel Grove, Stockport and GR Graylease managing director Gavin Gray of Brantingham, Brough, Humberside were jailed for 15 and six months respectively after being convicted in May on fraud and corruption charges (CM 31 May-5 June).