Reparation for stolen tools

A man who received stolen tools worth more than $1600 tried to sell them at Cash Converters for $150.

Brad Haig Freddrick Johnston received tools included two nail guns that were stolen in a burglary.

Judge Philip Crayton said in the Whanganui District Court on Tuesday that Johnston tried to sell the tools at Cash Converters.

"You were trying to make a quick buck for yourself," he said.

"You've not only made a quick buck, you've landed yourself in a whole heap of trouble, and now you're going to have to make good, both by reparation and community work."

Johnston pleaded guilty to receiving stolen property.

The reparation payment of $1650 is to be split between Johnston and a co offender, but Judge Crayton said somebody had been left "out of pocket" so he would make Johnston pay more than half in reparation.

He ordered him to pay $1000 and sentenced him to 100 hours of community work.