A SERIAL shoplifter has been jailed after she targeted supermarkets in Barry.

Hannah Hyde, 38, stole Cadbury chocolate bars worth £27.50 from Asda and meat valued at £61.65 from Sainsbury’s.

The defendant committed the offences on July 30 and August 4, Cardiff Magistrates' Court was told.

Hyde, of Barry Road, Barry pleaded guilty to theft.

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She was locked up for her “disregard for court orders and non-engagement with probation”.

Hyde was sent to prison for 12 weeks and ordered to pay compensation.