TWO serial troublemakers have been allowed to return to their homes in Fareham after the courts gave them a last chance to behave.

Wayne Dujon and Danny Youngs have both spent the last few weeks locked up in custody for a string of different offences.

At Portsmouth Crown Court Dujon, of Addison Road, Fareham, pleaded guilty to using a stolen credit card to buy trainers and other sports goods worth £255.

He also admitted paying for £104 of stolen goods for Youngs from the same shop in The Cascades in Portsmouth on October 8.

Sheila Taurah, prosecuting, told how the pair were spotted by a security guard after he noticed Youngs hand over the credit card to Dujon.

Police arrived and found that the credit card had been stolen during a burglary of a house in Fareham the night before.

Dujon, 23, who has previous convictions for public disorder, theft and burglary, pleaded guilty to handling stolen goods and obtaining property by deception.

Daniel Reilly, mitigating, said his client regretted his actions and accepted that a non-custodial sentence would be his last chance.

Recorder Staurt Jones imposed a two-year community rehabilitation order and six-month curfew order.

At Fareham Magistrates' Court Danny Youngs pleaded guilty to stealing two bottles of Irn-Bru and a bottle of salad cream totalling £7.67 from One Stop in Gosport Road, Fareham.

The 27-year-old, of Youngbridge Court, Redlands Lane, Fareham, pleaded guilty to the theft of the goods and was given a 14-day sentence.

However, as he has been in custody since the date of the offence on December 7 he was allowed to walk free from court.

The Crown Prosecution Service dropped a charge against Youngs of breaching an antisocial behaviour order and using threatening words and behaviour towards Mark Tucker, a security guard at Fareham's Somerfield store.

It had been alleged that Youngs had threatened to slit Mr Tucker's throat.

Magistrates refused to adjourn the trial after key prosecution witnesses failed to turn up.