A MAN with a long record of theft was jailed for stealing a bike worth more than £2,000.

Philip Spicer, 51, appeared at Colchester Magistrates' Court on August 17 charged with theft.

The court heard he stole a bike valued at £2,030 in Colchester on July 30.

He committed the offence while on licence for a previous theft offence.

Spicer, of Haven Road, Colchester, admitted the charge and was jailed for 12 weeks.