A man who was chucked out of a Tesco store for attempting to use a rare form of payment to cover a £60 charge has been awarded police compensation.
Brett Chamberlain handed over a £100 coin to pay for petrol at an Exeter Tesco station in July last year, according to Manchester Evening News.
The 54-year-old was kicked out by staff over his choice of payment and accused of taking off without footing his bill.He later faced police interrogation over the incident.
The carpenter, from Tiverton in Devon, had tried to use a Trafalgar Square special edition coin, which is legal tender under a 1971 Act with 45,000 of them being minted in 2016.
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