A teenager who burgled a caravan being used by a family of flood victims was today warned he faced a spell in youth custody.

Benjamin Leach, 18, admitted charges of burglary, aggravated vehicle taking, driving while disqualified and driving without insurance during a hearing at Oxford Crown Court this morning.

Leach, of Caldecott Close, Abingdon, burgled the caravan in Chaunterell Way, Abingdon, in December last year and stole cigarettes, alcohol, a mobile phone, keys, a purse and a wallet.

He then took a Rover 420 car and damaged it before it was found.

Judge Patrick Eccles gave Leach bail on condition that he lives at his home address and adjourned sentencing until July 25 for reports.

He told Leach: "You must understand, and I am sure you do, that all the things you did on that day, however stupid, they cross the custody threshold and you have to prepare yourself for a sentence involving custody."