Pennington woman Anna Cooper banned from all UK Poundland stores after stealing from Lymington branch

A PENNINGTON shoplifter was banned from every Poundland in the UK for stealing £45 of washing tablets.

Anna Cooper (31), of Hillside, pleaded guilty to the Lymington High Street branch theft on 1st February, and to taking £60.47 of food from the Pennington Shell Garage the previous day.

A district judge at Southampton Magistrates’ Court imposed a 12-month exclusion order for all 779 Poundlands in the UK, as well as the garage.

Cooper was also handed a 12-month community order with a rehabilitation activity requirement and told to fully compensate the stores.