A MEAT and make-up thief is behind bars.

Emma McIndoe targeted the Co-op, in Hordle, twice in two days, stealing items of cheese and meat worth more than £35.

The 27-year-old also struck at Lloyds Pharmacy, in New Milton, two days later where she stole make-up valued at £78 on February 14.

McIndoe, of Andrew Lane, New Milton, pleaded guilty to three counts of theft at her hearing in Southampton Magistrates’ Court.

She was sentenced to four weeks in prison due to her previous record of offending.