A 49-year-old drug addict trespassed into a hotel room and stole bacon and tuna fish from the hotel's restaurant.

Terry Robinson, who lives in a tent at Waterville Apartments, Southampton, was sentenced on Thursday to 18 months imprisonment, suspended for two years, for entering a room at the Southampton Princess and stealing food worth $10 from Wickets Restaurant.

Crown counsel Carrington Mahoney told court that at 6.20 p.m. on April 16 this year, a visitor staying in room 128 was sitting on the patio when he glanced inside and saw Robinson standing in the room.

When the visitor questioned Robinson, he said: "Oh I might be in the wrong room. I'm staying next door."

The complainant then watched as Robinson did not go to the room next door and instead went down the stairs.

At 11.10 p.m. the same evening, the hotel manager saw Robinson leaving Wickets Restaurant. When he searched Robinson, he found bacon strips and tuna fish in his pockets.

In court Robinson said: "I'd like to apologise. I'm working again. I was a little hungry. I didn't want to hurt anyone."

Magistrate Khamisi Tokunbo, said: "If someone finds you in their room, that's breaching their privacy and is threatening. You have places like the Salvation Army to get food."

He then sentenced Robinson to 18 months imprisonment for both counts and suspended it for two years.