A 46-year-old man who admitted cashing a forged cheque has been remanded into custody to await sentencing.Appearing in Magistrates’ Court Colin Simmons pleaded guilty to dishonestly receiving stolen goods, specifically a cheque, and dishonestly receiving $931 by cashing the cheque on December 5.According to Crown Counsel Cindy Clarke, Scorpio Construction boss Adlia Davey wrote a check valued at $931 to an employee, identified in the court as ‘C Barnett’.However, he later returned to Mr Davy saying he had lost the cheque near the Esso station on Richmond Road.Mr Davy went to cancel the cheque, but was told by the bank that it had been cashed on December 5. The name on the check had been changed to C B Simmons.Bank records showed that the cheque had been cashed by someone named Colin Simmons using a passport, but Mr Davy said he employed no one by that name.Simmons was later arrested in connection with the incident. When questioned, he said he had been approached by an unknown man and a woman who asked him to cash the cheque for them and offered to split the proceeds.Addressing the court, Simmons said: “It was a dark period in my life. I saw my name on the cheque and thought it was legit. It said CB. My name is C B Simmons.“I knew it wasn’t my cheque, but I was desperate.”While Simmons said he has turned himself around, Senior Magistrate Archibald Warner remanded him into custody until February 28 so that a social inquiry report can be carried out.