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flag Veteran Joshua Cooper admitted stealing $338 in fuel from five stations, citing PTSD and financial strain, and was given a 15-month community order instead of jail.

flag Joshua Cooper, a 38-year-old veteran from Orange, admitted to stealing $338 worth of fuel from five petrol stations in July and September 2025. flag Police stopped him in Bathurst on October 14, 2025, and he later confessed after being linked to the crimes. flag His lawyer cited PTSD from military service and financial hardship due to halted Department of Veterans Affairs payments as contributing factors. flag On January 22, 2026, Magistrate Gary Wilson sentenced Cooper to a 15-month supervised community correction order, ruling that jail was unnecessary given the circumstances.

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