A THIEF stole hundreds of pounds worth of alcohol and food from a Herefordshire Morrisons supermarket.

Rebecca Dunnicliff entered guilty pleas when she appeared before magistrates in Hereford.

The court heard the 47-year-old had stolen alcohol and food items worth a total of £503.32 from Leominster's Morrisons supermarket on January 9.

She had gone to the Herefordshire market town equipped for theft, and was caught carrying tin foil strips.

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Dunnicliff, who was subject to an 18-month conditional discharge order imposed by magistrates in Gloucester on September 9 for stealing alcohol and food worth hundreds of pounds from supermarkets in Cheltenham and Warwickshire, also admitted breaching the terms of the order.

Dunnicliff, of St Michael's Square, Gloucester, was handed a 12-month community order, fined £50, and must pay a £95 victim surcharge. No costs order was made due to her lack of means.