Powell, 20, confessed to stealing 17 cases of Gold Seal margarine, a container filled with cooking oil and several cases of milk and coffee from a truck belonging to Facey Commodity Company Limited to which he was employed for 11 months.

The complainant told the court that the items were stolen over a three-month period.

A fingerprint order was ordered and Powell is to return to court for sentencing on January 31. His bail was extended.