Mum stole baby food and night light from Mansfield store

Sally Broadley, 37, of Winster Way, admitted taking the items from Tesco Extra, on Jubilee Way South, on January 16.

Magistrates in Mansfield heard she had a previous conviction for shoplifting from last July.

In a letter, read out in court, Broadley said she was working with a training charity to address alcohol problems and had struggled to make ends meet on her own.

She was fined £80 and ordered to pay £40 court costs and a £30 victim surcharge on Wednesday.