A prolific shoplifter stole almost £11,000 worth of goods in an eight-month thieving spree.
In a case that epitomises the shoplifting epidemic blighting Britain's High Streets, Nadine Kowalski made almost daily raids on stores in her home town - on three occasions brazenly returning to loot more goods just hours later.
A court heard the 27-year-old drug addict helped herself to as much as £504 worth of groceries at a time, seemingly confident in the knowledge of not getting caught.
Kowalski was so prolific that the courts admitted it was 'hard to keep track' of her offending.