A POOLE man has been ordered to pay compensation after stealing alcohol from Tesco.

Carl Christopher Evans, aged 40 and of Branksea Avenue, Hamworthy, admitted taking £93.50 worth of alcohol from the supermarket in Wimborne Road, Kinson, on January 24.

Appearing before magistrates in Poole on Friday, July 3, he was ordered to pay compensation for the full value of the goods.

Evans also admitted breaching a community order by failing to attend three planned office visits in January and February. He was fined £100 for this breach.