A SERIAL thief has admitted further charges of taking goods from county shops without paying.

Jacqueline Reynolds, 43, has appeared at Edinburgh Sheriff Court on several occasions this year after being caught stealing items from stores in Musselburgh and Prestonpans.

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Sentence on the previous cases have all been deferred for reports and good behaviour, but she was back in the dock to admit more offences last week.

Those crimes saw Reynolds, currently of Castle Road, Port Seton, caught stealing a quantity of hair products from the Boots store on Musselburgh High Street on June 24 last year.

She was also found to have taken a quantity of food items from the Pinkie Farm Convenience Store on Moray Way, Musselburgh, on August 15 last year.

She then returned to the same outlet the following day and took alcohol and household items without paying for them.

Reynolds pleaded guilty to the three charges during an appearance at the court last Thursday.

Sentence was again deferred by Sheriff Gill for up-to-date social work reports to be prepared to later this month.