An investigation showed the pay-wave enabled card was used 11 times with a total of $389.67 spent at various Orange stores between 5.57pm and 6.55pm on March 15.

The card was in a wallet that along with other items was stolen from a kitchen in the back of a Peisley Street business between 9.30am and 5.57pm that day.

Magistrate David Day gave Justin Boney, 22, of Davidson Circuit, two 12-month community corrections orders, one each for his use of the card.

“The proper thing to do if you find someone’s credit card is to take it to the police, if you don’t want to go to the police take it to the issuing bank,” Mr Day said.

“You knew you were using it unlawfully and that’s dishonesty.”

His 19-year-old female co-accused was given a two-year community release order without conviction.

“It’s a prevalent offence and its her first offence,” Mr Day said.

“You couldn’t consider these [items] as necessary to survive.

“I don’t know if this was at all organised or if she was put up to it by the co-offender.”

They were both charged after they were captured on CCTV while using the card. 

According to police, the woman used the card at 6.18pm to buy a 1.25-litre bottle of coke using the pay pass option at Liquorland while Boney waited at the entrance.

About 6.33pm they went to the Coles Express petrol station where they requested a $49.95 packet of cigarettes and Boney used the card to pay for them.

He was also caught on CCTV using the card to buy $40 of Boost mobile phone credit and $40 of Optus phone credit. 

Boney’s solicitor John Song said the purchased items were for personal use.

Although Mr Song said Boney had a gap in offending but Mr Day said Boney had a lengthy children’s record.

The female co-offender was not named because she was not convicted.