Court for man who sold stolen wares on Facebook

Tue, 05 Jul 2016

A Douglas man who had an 'Aladdin's Cave' of stolen items which he was selling on Facebook has appeared in court again.

Yesterday 34-year-old Mark Hughes made a brief appearance via live link from the Isle of Man Prison where he was further remanded until July 19th.

On Friday he admitted eight counts of theft between October and December 2015 and one count of theft from March this year.

He's also been charged with six driving offences including having no driving licence or insurance, failing to produce both, having no vehicle licence and a defective tyre from February 23rd.