A booze thief who was 'celebrating' his birthday in a court was given a present from the magistrates - a map.
Robert Doyle admitted stealing £600 of alcohol from different High Street stores in Exeter, Devon.
He was caught on CCTV and police arrested him at his home in the city.
Last week, on his 34th birthday, he was given a community order but Exeter magistrates banned him from several main city centre streets for a year.
Doyle, of College Road, Exeter, said to the JPs: "I can't go in the town. I will need a map, I don't really know Exeter that well."
The magistrates told him he will be shown where he cannot go for the next year - or face arrest if he does breach the ban.
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