A MAN has been sentenced for stealing speakers worth nearly £300. 

Matthew Webb, of Luther Street, Oxford, appeared at Oxford Magistrates' Court on November 11 and admitted taking the speakers from a shop.

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In the UK, a person can be sentenced to seven years in prison for theft.

Webb, 40, was made subject of a community order.

As part of that he must take part have treatment for his drug-dependency. 

He muyst also pay compensation of £288. 

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