Ex-haulier jailed for wage dodge
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• A former Felixstowe haulier, now living in Essex, was jailed for nine months last week for writing a wage cheque for one of his lorry drivers, knowing that it would bounce.
Graham Mackintosh, of Harold Wood, was told by Recorder Mr B Elliott at Ipswich Crown Court, that he had committed "a very mean offence".
Mackintosh had pleaded not guilty to five charges of evading a liability by deception. After a week-long trial, the jury found him guilty of one offence and not guilty of the other four.
Ile was sentenced to 15 months imprisonment with all but nine months suspended. The court heard that Mackintosh had previous convictions for dishonesty, but in the past had always pleaded guilty.
David Perry-Davey. for Mackintosh, said that his client now owed his bank 246,000. He had sold all his vehicles and was about to sell his house. He hoped there would be some money left over to help discharge his business debts.
Pleading for Mackintosh not to be sent to prison, PenryDavey said his client now works as a salesman and earns 21,000 a month. His wife also has a job.