A WOMAN stole designer handbags and clothes worth thousands of pounds.

Victoria Maria Brooks stole Radley handbags from Bradbeers in New Milton worth £875.

The 44-year-old had previously raided Joules Clothing in Ringwood stealing items worth £1,245.

And the day before she stole alcohol worth £128 from a Tesco store in Lymington.

Appearing before Southampton Magistrates' Court, she pleaded guilty to the offences which happened between December 2019 and March last year.

Brooks, of Murdock Road, Bicester, is due to appear at the same court on May 28 while a pre-sentence report is prepared.