A 20-year-old Burton man has admitted stealing £8,000 via an electronic bank transfer.

Zakeeb Moore, of Meredith Close, Burton, appeared at Southern Derbyshire Magistrates' Court to answer to the charge.

He pleaded guilty to stealing £8,000 by way of electronic bank transfer from another person in Uttoxeter on June 10.

Moore also admitted stealing £500 from a man by way of withdrawal from a cash machine at the Genting Casino, in Hanley, on June 10.

He pleaded guilty to committing fraud intending to purchase goods using another person’s bank card, intending to make a gain, namely £1,171.63, in Hanley, on June 10.

He also admitted committing fraud by dishonestly making a false representation that he purchased goods using another person’s bank card, intending to make a gain, namely £106.20, at designer outfit unit MacArthur Glen at Pinxton in Derbyshire, on June 10.

Moore is due to appear at Stafford Crown Court on Friday, February 9, where he will be sentenced. He answers to unconditional bail until then.