A DURSLEY man who stole Cotswold stone roof tiles from a farm while he was subject to a suspended sentence has been jailed for six months. Judge Euan Ambrose told Jamie Eyre, 20, that a nine-month sentence had been suspended for two years and he had been warned that it would be activated if he committed any further offences. "You were fortunate not to go to prison that day but you were then brought back for an earlier breach of the order and you were given seven extra hours of unpaid work," he said. "Now you are back before the court again for committing a new offence while subject to the suspended sentence and I cannot see that it would be unjust to activate it." He reduced the sentenced from nine months to six because Eyre, of Meadow Vale, Cam West, had already completed 150 hours of unpaid work. The court heard that Eyre and another man, who had already been dealt with in the Magistrates' Court, entered unoccupied farm buildings near Tetbury and stole tiles which had been bagged up ready for removal. Prosecuting, Giles Nelson said the owner of the site, Nicola Randall, had said there had been a lot of pilfering from the site and she estimated that building materials valued at between £5,000 and £8,000 had been stolen. "On May 13 a member of the public and friend of the owners drove past the farm and noticed a purple car parked outside," he said. "They then saw two men come out of the farm and drive off, but managed to get the number of the car." The two men were identified through the car and at first Eyre denied the theft but later admitted his part in taking 50 or 60 tiles. Nicola Berryman, defending, said Eyre had gone for a ride in his friend’s car having nothing better to do but it had then become obvious that he was being invited to take part in the theft of the tiles. "He felt he could not say no and that is why he is back before the court," she said. Judge Ambrose said that the tiles had not been recovered, and although Eyre’s accomplice had been given a conditional discharge, his case was completely different. "Your position is much more serious because you pleaded guilty to dwelling house burglary in December 2010 and were given a suspended sentence," he said. "This is the second breach of that sentence and for a further offence of theft."