Car thief to pay paper round fine

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A 16-year-old boy who stole a car and then crashed it has been banned from driving and ordered to pay a fine from his paper round earnings.

Shaun Gray took his friend's car for a late-night joyride during a party, but lost control, hit a parked car and ploughed through neighbours' fencing.

Gray, from Methven, handed himself into police and admitted what he had done.

At Perth Sheriff Court he was ordered to hand over half of his £20 a week pay for the next 35 weeks.

Gray was banned from driving for 12 months, after he admitted driving carelessly and colliding with a parked car and fencing in Gellyburn Road, Almondbank, on 18 July.

The teenager also admitted driving without a licence or insurance, and Sheriff Michael Fletcher fined him a total of £350.

The court heard he had been forced to put his career in the army on hold because of the incident.