A WOMAN pleaded guilty to stealing five packs of butter worth £12.50 from an Iceland supermarket and had to pay £159 to the court.

Leanne Mary Evans, 33, from Brighton Road in Worthing, took the butter from the branch in High Street, Crawley.

Evans admitted committing the theft on March 30.

Crawley magistrates fined her £40 and ordered her to pay £34 to fund victim services and costs of £85.

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