A THIEF who stole £4,000 worth of alcohol from a popular Colchester restaurant has been ordered to repay just £200.
Mia Penny, 23, snatched the goods from Pavilion, in Middleborough, on August 11 when trespassing on the property.
She admitted the offence at Colchester Magistrates’ Court.
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Penny, of Gainsborough Road, Colchester, was ordered to undertake six months of a drug rehabilitation programme and must take part in a separate programme for 12 days.
She must also take part in a further activity with the probation service for 40 days and pay £364 in a fine, surcharge and compensation.
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