A GANG who stole £8,000 worth of copper cable from a 400,000-volt electricity substation have been jailed.

Eight Romanian nationals were sentenced to between 18 months and two years each at Oxford Crown Court today.

Nicolae-ionut Floricel, Vasile Preda, Stefan Preda, Vasile Filisan, Nita Baicu, Mariam Tanase, Mihani Cirstea and Florin Constantin broke into the compound in Blackberry Lane, near Greater Leys, Oxford, in the early hours of Sunday, April 1.

They each admitted one count of theft.