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| A Championship footballer has been ordered to carry out community service after admitting stealing items from a Portsmouth nightclub. | A Championship footballer has been ordered to carry out community service after admitting stealing items from a Portsmouth nightclub. |
| Southampton winger Nathan Dyer, 20, pleaded guilty to burglary at Portsmouth Magistrates' Court. | Southampton winger Nathan Dyer, 20, pleaded guilty to burglary at Portsmouth Magistrates' Court. |
| He was arrested in March after items including mobile phones and £145 in cash were taken from Bar Bluu nightclub, Southsea, on 28 February. | |
| Dyer, of Briton Street, Southampton, was given 60 hours' community service. | |
| Staff at the nightclub reported the items were stolen from three handbags left in the staffroom. | |
| Dyer, who was also a member of Southampton's youth team, told the court he was ashamed after admitting rummaging through the bags. | |
| He said he did not steal any of the items during the incident, which involved a group of men. | |
| Police launched their investigation when the group was filmed on CCTV entering the unlocked room. |