A WOMAN has been sentenced after stealing boxes of chocolates from a shop.

Hayley Solly, of no fixed abode, was caught on October 24 this year stealing from the One Stop store in Newbury.

The 48-year-old was caught stealing boxes of chocolates to the value of £50.

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She was charged with one count of theft from a shop. At Reading Magistrates Court on November 8, Solly pleaded guilty to the offence

Solly was handed a period of conditional discharge for 12 months and there was no order for costs.

A conditional discharge is when 'no punishment will occur provided the defendant commits no further offences during the period of the discharge'.