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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.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.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. He was also told to pay £392.50 in compensation to the four victims, who were members of staff at the nightclub, as well as £65 costs.
Dyer, who was also a member of Southampton's youth team, told the court he was ashamed after admitting rummaging through the bags. He has damaged his career prospects by placing himself in this position Mark HaslamNathan Dyer's solicitor
He said he did not steal any of the items during the incident, which involved a group of men. Chairman of the Bench Christopher Malone said if the unpaid community work was not completed satisfactorily within 12 months, Dyer could face a jail term.
Police launched their investigation when the group was filmed on CCTV entering the unlocked room. The four members of staff reported having a total of £145 in cash, two mobile phones, a driving licence and bank cards stolen from three handbags left in the staffroom, the court heard.
Dyer, who was also a member of Southampton's youth team, told the court he was ashamed after admitting burglary.
He was caught on CCTV among a group of men rummaging through the bags, and the footage was shown to the court.
'Public humiliation'
He said he did not steal any of the items during the incident.
Dyer's solicitor, Mark Haslam, said: "Nathan Dyer accepts that he did look through the bags, although he did not enter the room intending to do so and he did not take any property from these bags.
"While he has a successful career as a professional footballer, he is young and naive and on the evening in question he had been drinking.
"Understandably his judgment was affected by having taken alcohol. He can't explain what he did, he simply didn't think straight.
"He was being encouraged by others, he was led astray."
Mr Haslam said Dyer offered his "humble and profuse apologies to all those who have been distressed by this sorry enterprise".
"He has suffered public humiliation. It's a millstone that will hang around his neck for some time to come.
"He has damaged his career prospects by placing himself in this position for those minutes of madness which have changed his life."