A man was sentenced to a six-month community rehabilitation order and ordered to pay £135 compensation at Didcot Magistrates' Court after being involved in a burglary of offices near Wantage.

Stuart Cox, 27, of Station Road, Chiseldon, Swindon, admitted being involved in burgling the National Farmers Union offices, East Challow, on November 16 and stealing computer and office equipment and a pair of skates. The case against his co-defendant has not yet been heard.

Cox, who had previous convictions, was also ordered to pay £60 costs.