A Dartford woman has pleaded guilty to five counts of shoplifting.

Laura Pearson, 21, of Phoenix Place, stole £701.30 worth of sweets from various stores in Dartford.

She stole chocolate worth £140 from a shop in the Priory Shopping Centre on April 2.

Pearson targeted the same shop two weeks later and went back for more chocolate, this time worth £80.

On July 2, she stole confectionery worth a whopping £248.60 from another store in the Priory Shopping Centre.

And then 12 days later, she returned to the same shop to take £232.70 worth of confectionery.

Pearson also stole baby products worth £112.36 from a supermarket at the same shopping centre on July 15, where she committed the previous offences.

She was sentenced to 120 days in prison, suspended for 18 months, at Medway Magistrates’ Court on July 18, and was given a three-month curfew to remain at home between 7pm and 7am daily.

Pearson must pay £120 in costs and a £120 victim surcharge.