A MAN has been ordered to pay compensation and to complete a community order after admitting stealing a bank card.

Matthew Sheldon, aged 34, of Walking Field Lane, Poole, admitted stealing the card at Cotlands Road Car Park, Bournemouth, on June 26.

Appearing at Poole Magistrate's Court on June 29, he was also convicted of carrying out a crime while subject of a community order from a previous theft, of a rucksack at Westover Road, Bournemouth, on June 4.

Sheldon was ordered to pay £80 compensation and to complete a community order, which includes a rehabilitation activity requirement.