A SHOPLIFTER who stole two handbags and a purse worth £325 from Beales in Bournemouth was given a 12-month conditional discharge.

Lauren Danielle Jones, 32, of Crescent Road, Bournemouth, admitted committing the offence on New Year's Day when she appeared before magistrates in Poole on April 2.

She also pleaded guilty to stealing goods worth £192.68, together with another, from Sainsbury's in Lyndhurst Road, Christchurch on July 21 last year.

Jones was also sentenced for failing to surrender to custody in Poole on February 19 and breaching a conditional discharge imposed for taking a vehicle without consent, failing to surrender to custody on December 23 last year and stealing alcohol and flowers worth £208 from Asda in Canford Heath, together with another.

Items stolen included vodka and whiskey.

She was ordered to pay costs of £60.