A woman has been banned from a Watford supermarket after she admitted stealing hundreds of pounds of alcohol.

Michele Baldwin, of no fixed abode, took £500 of booze during a three-day spree targeting the town’s Asda.

The 53-year-old took £190 of alcohol on December 28, before returning the next two days running and pocketing drink worth £146 and £164.

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The case was heard at St Albans Magistrates’ Court where she admitted the offences, along with being in possession of Class A drug diamorphine in Watford on December 30.

The hearing was adjourned to provide time for a pre-sentence report.

Baldwin was bailed until March 21 and banned from going to Asda and Tesco in Hemel Hempstead.