A Burnfoot man has been fined for clocking and reselling second hand cars.
He had been buying used cars and repairing them, before altering the mileage and selling them on, Limavady Magistrate’s Court heard.
Michael Gahan, Garveahy, Brae Rd appeared before the court for 13 charges carried out between September and December 2010
The court heard how Gahan (25) had changed the mileage of cars to figures as much as 100,000 miles fewer than the actual reading.
Deputy District Judge Peter King ordered Gahan to pay victims £5,500 in compensation for three of the clocked cars. He was sentenced to 100 hours community service and fined a further £1,100.