A THIEF has been ordered to pay compensation to a budget store after stealing 16 tubs of Vanish powder.

Corrina Kirkpatrick, 34, stole the items worth £87.84 from Home Bargains in Carlisle on February 18. She admitted theft from a shop when she appeared before Carlisle Magistrates’ Court last week.

Kirkpatrick, of St John’s Court, Close Street, Carlisle, was ordered to pay  £87.84 in compensation to Home Bargains. No order was made for costs.