A ROBINVALE man spent Christmas in jail after stealing a car and carrying out various other thefts in Mildura.

Brodie Cameron Pettit was sentenced to 59 days' jail after pleading guilty to six charges before Mildura Magistrates' Court on Tuesday.

In August last year, Pettit stole a set of car keys belonging to a stranger while at a friend's home in San Mateo Avenue.

He later returned to the hou...