A WOMAN has admitted shoplifting from a Cross Hands store.

Appearing at Llanelli Magistrates' Court, Kristie Meachen, of St Teilo Street, Pontarddulais, admitted to stealing cosmetics, food, alcohol, electrical and household items worth £323.19, from B&M Bargains store in Cross Hands, on April 28.

Taking the 34-year-old’s guilty plea into account magistrates handed her a community order and ordered her to carry out 60 hours of unpaid work.