petrol with a £100 coin has won £5,000 in damages.Brett Chamberlain, 54, baffled Tesco fuel staff with a rare commemorative coin after filling up in July last year.After being thrown out of the shop for his unusual method of payment, the carpenter was later investigated by police for fleeing the Exeter forecourt with a free tank of petrol.Brett explained to the authorities he tried using a £100 coin to cover the £60 bill but had it rejected, the Mirror reports.The father-of-four from Tiverton, Devon, used a Trafalgar Square special edition which is legal tender under a 1971 Act, with 45,000 such coins being minted in 2016.He said he was interrogated by the police before he was released under investigation for using the coin.Dad Brett was.
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