A WOMAN has been jailed after stealing alcohol, Easter eggs and meat.

Anna Cooper has appeared in court following a number of thefts and an assault.

The 31-year-old first stole eight meat products worth £50 from Marks and Spencer in Lymington on March 30.

On April 6, she stole Easter eggs worth £50, two Magnums of Prosecco, and one bottle of Magnum Rose from the same store.


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Just two days later, she stole alcohol worth £108 from the shop and then assaulted a man.

Finally, on May 1, Cooper stole four Magnums of Prosecco worth £72.

Appearing at Southampton Magistrates' Court, she admitted five charges of theft and one charge of assault by beating.

Cooper, of Ashby Road, Totton, was committed to prison for 50 months.

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