A PERSISTENT thief has been jailed after stealing goods worth hundreds of pounds from a supermarket.

Nicola Whitbread, of no fixed abode, was found guilty of stealing £266.66 worth of products from a Tesco store in Colchester on September 6, 2021.

The 47-year-old has been sent to prison for six weeks after committing the offence while serving a suspended sentence for another crime.

Colchester Magistrates Court also ordered Whitbread to pay a £128 surcharge.

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