A Bucks car thief has avoided jail but has been ordered to complete a “thinking skills” course.

Joe Lake, 28, of The Holt, Buckingham, appeared at Wycombe Magistrates’ Court on August 11 where he admitted a charge of aggravated vehicle taking.

The court heard how between March 13, 2020 and March 15, 2020, Lake unlawfully took a Toyota Yaris in Winslow.

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When the vehicle was recovered, it was also found to have been damaged.

The magistrates did not opt to give Lake a jail sentence, instead giving him a community order requiring him to undertake a 30-day thinking skills course.

He was also ordered to pay £800 in compensation and banned from driving for a year.

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