A MAN says he was trying to help his co-accused get home when he committed a burglary at a Mildura backpacker hostel.

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Lawrence Mitchell pleaded guilty to the offending before Mildura Magistrates' Court on Wednesday.

About 4am on April 20 last year, the 31-year-old and his co-accused were shown on CCTV walking down the driveway into an outdoor common area at the I...