A man has been sentenced to six months in jail for stealing a piece of the car in which Paul Walker died.

Anthony Janow from California, admitted to stealing a roof panel from the Porsche Carrera GT in which the 'Fast and the Furious' actor died in November last year.

The 26-year-old posted a picture of the red roof panel on Twitter shortly after stealing it from the wreckage which was on a tow truck, stopped at traffic lights.