Tyrone Gary Kenneth Zachary Mansell (20) was at a Milton house on June 7 when the victim came over and changed his pants.
Mansell found the man's eftpos card in the clothing left behind and immediately went and withdrew $800 from an ATM.
Further withdrawals and attempted purchases at The Warehouse in Balclutha were declined because the card had reached its maximum daily limit.
Mansell then drove more than 400km to Rolleston and just after midnight he took out another $800.
The next day he completed the marathon 10-hour round trip and slipped the card under the victim's door.
When police spoke to Mansell, he initially told them he had been given permission to use the card to buy alcohol.
Later, he admitted his actions had been ``stupid''.
The second $800 had been spent on fuel and cannabis, he told police.
Mansell came before the Dunedin District Court yesterday having admitted five dishonesty charges in relation to his unauthorised use of the stolen eftpos card.
He had also pleaded guilty to assaulting his ex-partner in January.
The defendant kicked her four times when they argued about ending their relationship.
After reading a probation report, Judge Michael Turner was unimpressed with Mansell's lack of remorse.
``The word that sprung to mind was `arrogance','' he said.
``You struck me as having no insight into your offending and effect on others.''
Mansell told probation his ex-girlfriend did not deserve an emotional-harm payment because she had previously damaged his property.
As for the victim of the card fraud, he said ``he deserved to be violated because he violated people all the time''.
To cap off Mansell's first criminal convictions, he was also pinged for driving while suspended.
On September 1, he lost his licence for three months because of excess demerit points but the next day police caught him giving a mate a lift.
Defence counsel Andrew Dawson explained his client was helping to pick up a baby from the hospital.
He asked the judge not to impose community work because Mansell suffered from anxiety.
Judge Turner sentenced the 20-year-old to three months' community work with a weekend curfew, six months' supervision and ordered him to repay the $1600 at $15 a week.
He also banned Mansell from driving for a further six months.
``Don't be tempted to drive. If you do, the road you're heading on is to prison,'' the judge said.
