A burglar has been given a final warning after taking property from two garden sheds.
Judge Judith Moir warned 20-year-old Wayne Parkinson he would be likely to face a prison sentence if he committed any more offences.
Parkinson, of Ashgrove Avenue, South Shields, was handed a 12-month probation order after admitting two offences of burglary and one of theft, when he appeared at Newcastle Crown Court.
But he was spared a custodial sentence after the court heard he had started on a new course and had won praise from his supervisors.
The court heard he had taken garden tools and a lawnower from sheds, and a hose reel from a garden.
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