'I hope you come out clean' judge tells drug-fuelled shoplifter as he jails her for the first time

A prolific shoplifter who stole several hundred pounds worth of alcohol, beauty products and chocolate in raids on stores to feed her drugs habit is beginning her first jail sentence.

Charlotte Wall, aged 37, admitted stealing from B&M and Boots stores across Walsall borough nine times in a little over a month earlier this year. The value of all the goods she took came to about £1,700.