A prolific shoplifter has been banned from a string of high street stores after running away with food, toiletries and clothes.
Samantha Clarke has been banned from Primark, Greggs, Boots and Kokoro following the thefts in Hastings.
On Friday, November 24, Clarke stole £89 worth of clothes and other goods from Primark in Priory Meadow, Hastings.
Four days later she stole toiletries worth £237 from Boots, also in Priory Meadow.
Just over two weeks later on December 12 Clarke returned and stole more toiletries, worth £205.
Clarke appeared at Brighton Magistrates' Court on March 1.
She was also accused of stealing food worth £20 from Japanese sushi restaurant Kokoro in Wellington Place, Hastings, on February 25, and then stealing £6,65 worth of food from Greggs in Queens Road, Hastings.
She pleaded guilty to all five charges and was granted conditional bail until her sentencing on April 10.
She has been ordered not enter Boots, Greggs, Primark or Kokoro.
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