A wedding DJ has been jailed for six months after cancelling events under the pretence that his father had died while still pocketing money paid.
Michael Stockman, trading as Northwest Discos, was found guilty of 12 counts of theft at Coleraine Magistrates' Court in Derry. District Judge Liam McNally also order him to pay £1,200 in compensation.
The judge said Stockman's sentence would have been suspended, had he shown remorse for his crimes.
He added: “You have lied in relation to the reasons that the contracts were cancelled and you have not paid back one penny.
“Had you acknowledged your guilt and shown some remorse I would have suspended the sentence.”
District Judge McNally said: “You allowed people to enter into contracts for a DJ service for important events in their lives such as weddings.
Coleraine Magistrates' Court heard how Stockman made eleventh-hour cancellations for weddings, birthday and leaving parties booked through his company during 2012 and 2013.
