Falkirk crime: A sleepy thief who was found in a van has been jailed
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Ian Gallacher, 35, was wakened by police who noticed him crashed out in the VW Transporter van in Arnothill Lane, Falkirk.
Prosecutor Karen Chambers said: "He asked the police where he was and didn't appear to know why he was in the vehicle."
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Gallacher, of Slamannan, who appeared at Falkirk Sheriff Court on Monday by video link from Low Moss Prison, pleaded guilty to attempting to steal the van.
The incident occurred on October 11 this year.
Solicitor-advocate Martin Morrow, defending, said: "He got in this vehicle and fell asleep."
The court heard Gallacher had "an extremely extensive record" for similar offending.
Sheriff Alision Michie said: "There is no alternative to a custodial sentence." She jailed him for 176 days.