A woman has been charged with shoplifting ten times in three weeks.

Holly Pennington, 28, is accused of stealing a wide range of goods including cosmetics, food and clothes from seven different shops in the Hastings and St Leonards area.

The total value of items stolen is around £630 and the thefts are said to have happened between March 16 and April 4.

Pennington, of Priory Road, Hastings, has been bailed to appear before Hastings magistrates on April 24.