text: Man admits fuel theft - Wales Online
  Man admits fuel theft
  ANTHONY Parker has had two months added to his jail sentence after admitting stealing petrol from a car.
  Parker had previously been given 11 months for his involvement in a "happy slapping" incident by Merthyr Tydfil Crown Court.
  The 21-year-old, who is now in custody, committed the offence last November.
  Prosecutor Gemma Stanton told Rhondda Magistrates' Court: "At 7.30pm Raymond Williams parked his motor vehicle outside his Treorchy home. At 8.45pm when he went outside, he immediately smelt the strong smell of petrol. The fuel pipe under the car had been pulled off, a mechanics wrench and half a pop bottle was found by the vehicle.
  "Parker couldn't remember the incident but said 'it sounds like the way I would get it'."
  The court was also told that Parker was high on valium, alcohol and cannabis.
  Defending Parker, Monique McKevitt told the court that her client had little recollection of the incident as he was heavily dependant on the drugs and alcohol.
  Adding the two months consecutively to his sentence, chair magistrate Don Thomas said: "You've got a nasty antecedent history of stealing from vehicles."