he stole a $1,000 mobile phone -- he was jailed yesterday for three months.

Brian Burgess, 32, of North Shore Road, walked off with the phone after being invited to the owner's home in King Street, Pembroke.

Burgess, who pleaded guilty to theft, said he had been drunk at the time.

Magistrate the Wor. John Judge described him as an incorrigible thief because of his record.