A 44-YEAR-OLD man who stole a £500 bike has been given a curfew.

Robert Michael Lee Clancey, of Broad Oak Road, Parr was sentenced at Merseyside Magistrates' Court.

Clancey stole a Voodoo bicycle worth £500 on February 8.

He pleaded guilty and was given a community order and must comply with an electronic tag for six weeks.

Clancey must stay at his home address between the hours of 7pm and 7am each day until March 22.

He must also pay a £90 surcharge and £85 in costs to the Crown Prosecution.