Food and cosmetic thefts cost shoplifter Anna Cooper of Totton nearly £900

STEALING food and cosmetics cost a shoplifter nearly £900 in penalties.

Anna Cooper (30), of Ashby Road, Totton, admitted three theft charges relating to nearly £470 of make-up from the town’s AR Pharmacy and a combined £130 of meat and cheese from Co-op in Lymington. She also pleaded guilty to failing to answer bail.

Southampton magistrates ordered Cooper pay £642 compensation and a £230 fine.

She was also handed a 12-month community order with a drug rehabilitation.