A man who installed security cameras at a shop in Queensland was sentenced to 12 months in prison after he was caught stealing by the same cameras.

Robert James Wroe was sentenced in the Maryborough Magistrates Court for breaking into Loans Star Trading Post on Kent Street, Maryborough and fleeing with more than $6000 in cash and jewellery.

Robert James Wroe. Credit:Fraser Coast Chronicle

The 39-year-old, of Maryborough, pleaded guilty to breaking into the premises on November 17 last year, six years after he installed security cameras there.

Loans Star Trading Post owner Wayne McKellar said he hired Wroe, who goes by the name The WiFi Man, to install the security cameras and was distraught when he found out the man he trusted to ensure his safety had broken into his store.

The court also ordered Wroe to pay $6300 in compensation to Mr McKellar.

Read more at the Fraser Coast Chronicle.