A man who stole £500 from his girlfriend’s bank account and £900 worth of electrical items from her friend’s house to fund a drug habit has been given a suspended prison sentence.

Symon Neilson, 31, of Chestnut Avenue, Headington, admitted theft and burglary at Oxford Crown Court on Friday.

The charges relate to offences on October 11 and October 13.

Recorder Edward Jenkins sentenced Neilson to 51 weeks’ imprisonment for the burglary and 12 weeks for the theft. Both sentences were suspended for two years. He was also ordered to agree to a 12-month supervision order and a six-month drug rehabilitation order.

Mr Jenkins said: “I’m giving you a chance that other people won’t get.”