A 22-YEAR-OLD Brynaman man who bought aftershave and luxury goods over the internet using a credit card belonging to his ex-partner’s mother was arrested when he had the items delivered to his parents’ home address.

David Michael Young, of 174 Cwmgarw Road, appeared before Llanelli magistrates to admit fraud after buying Jean Paul Gaultier fragrance and other male cosmetics from online retailer JD Williams using a card belonging to Jackie Hughes on April 15.

When Mrs Hughes checked her credit card bill at the end of the month she spotted transactions totalling £108.99 from the internet store.

Ellie Morgan, prosecuting, told magistrates: “She had not opened an account with that company nor had she ever ordered anything from them.”

When police investigated the claim they discovered the items had been delivered to the home of Young’s parents.

Young had previously been involved with Mrs Hughes’ daughter but received a 20-week suspended jail term in July 2012 following a serious domestic assault on her.

Peter Martin, defending, told the court: “This was a relatively unsophisticated offence that was bound to be found out.

“It was simply a matter of the police checking where the goods had been delivered.”

He told magistrates how Young and Mrs Hughes’s daughter had now reconciled their differences and were again a couple.

“This is a young man whose life has changed dramatically during the past few weeks,” said Mr Martin.

“His partner gave birth to their daughter five weeks ago.

“That has caused him to mature and will cause him to mature even more in future.”

Regarding the fraud, Mr Martin said: “He regretted it almost immediately.

“It was three-and-ahalf weeks before the police apprehended him and he had the opportunity to order more goods, but he did not and that is evidence of his regret.”

Magistrates ordered Young to carry out 20 hours of unpaid work for breaching his suspended sentence and imposed a further 60 hours of unpaid for the offence of fraud.

Young was placed on a 12-month community order.

He was also made to pay £85 court costs and a further £60 legal surcharge.

In addition, Young was ordered to pay £108.99 compensation to the retailer.