Craig Roberts, 33, of Torpy Street, plead guilty to stealing the speaker in the early hours of January 30.

Staff had locked and left the building just before 11pm, with Roberts appearing on CCTV outside the restaurant at 1.18am.

He reached up to take the speaker and cables before leaving, without making any apparent attempt to enter the building.

Roberts, who represented himself in Orange Local Court on Monday, said he had been on drugs at the time, and had spent time in jail this year for other offences, however since getting out he had been clean.

Roberts said he had a new relationship and was starting a new job, and Magistrate David Day said he should "stay out of trouble".