Photocopy note faker is jailed for two years

HARD-UP Ian Andrew was so desperate for cash after his divorce that he printed off his own counterfeit money on photocopiers at libraries.

Andrew admitted passing, possessing and making counterfeit currency, and was jailed for two years.The planning enforcement officer then tried to spend them in Wales, hoping shop staff wouldn't notice they were fakes, Mold Crown Court heard.Henry Hills, defending, said his client was depressed at the time, barely eating to try to save money and that it was not a sophisticated offence.But judge Philip Richards said incompetence was not grounds for leniency.Andrew, 52, of Sandbach, Cheshire, brought home some Scottish pounds 10 notes from a holiday and decided to reproduce them using copiers.

Andrew admitted passing, possessing and making counterfeit currency, and was jailed for two years.