A MAN released from custody just two weeks before stealing a car that was later found burnt out at Mildura Recreation Reserve told police he was just doing what he was told by a co-accused.

The Mildura Magistrates' Court was told 23-year-old Tyren King and the co-accused, who continues to elude police, went to a San Mateo Avenue address on the afternoon of June 9. The pair stole a backpack contai...