A MAN who passed fake £20 notes in Kidderminster refused to name his supplier after a judge gave him a chance to reduce his sentence.

William Smith and his girlfriend Rose Janes were caught when a greengrocer became suspicious and alerted a community support officer.

James was given a 36-week jail term, suspended for two years, but Smith was asked to consider naming his source while on remand in prison.

Abigail Nixon, defending, said not surprisingly Smith was not pepared to reveal the name.

Judge Andrew Geddes sentenced Smith, aged 30, of Farm Road, Stourport, to 18 months jail.

He and 25-year-old Janes, of the same address, admitted passing and possession of counterfeit currency on April 8 this year.

Janes was detained and Smith turned up at the police station while she was being questioned, prosecutor Kerry Moreton told Worcester Crown Court.

His car, parked on the police station forecourt, was searched. Thirteen more dud notes were inside.

The judge described Janes as "the pawn" in the joint enterprise.

He told Smith: "You persuaded your girlfriend to pass them while you hid. She did it reluctantly.

"Fake notes undermine the currency and the confidence of people in it."