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A judge has told a Romanian man who stole more than £700 of alcohol from a supermarket in Long Eaton that "immigrants are welcome" but they were expected to "abide by the standards of this country".District Judge Jonathan Taaffe also told Costel Betrinu, who admitted two offences of theft, that there had been a recommendation for his deportation which he "wholeheartedly agreed with".Betrinu, 35, of no fixed address, was jailed for 24 weeks.Southern Derbyshire...