A WOMAN must pay compensation after stealing perfume and gift sets from a shopping centre.

Amy Ruocco has been ordered to pay a total of £300 by Hastings magistrates after being caught stealing from Boots in Priory Meadow Shopping Centre, Hastings, on two occasions.

On November 3, she stole multiple fragrance gift sets. The following day, she stole further gift sets worth £277.

The 37-year-old pleaded guilty to both offences.

Ruocco, of Chapel Park Road, St Leonards,  will also have to complete a six-month drug rehabilitation programme.