A man has been convicted of fraud after advertising a tractor for sale online.
Aaran Wallis, of Greenhill Crescent, Northallerton, appeared before magistrates in York on Monday.
The 31-year-old admitted a single charge of fraud committed on Facebook and in private messages between February 7 and April 11 last year.
The court heard Wallis had advertised a Massey Ferguson 135 tractor for sale with the intention of defrauding the victim out of £550.
The defendant was ordered to carry out 50 hours of unpaid work.
He must also pay compensation of £550 to the victim at the rate of £50 a month.
The defendant’s guilty plea was taken into account when sentence was passed.
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