FAIRFORD: Christopher Hicks, 36, of Welford Road, Fairford, admitted stealing alcohol from Sainsbury’s in Swindon on four occasions last January and taking alcohol from the Co-op in November.

He was ordered to pay more than £600 compensation, complete 80 hours of unpaid work and 15 rehabilitation activity days.

He also admitted damaging a door and window of a property in Fairford. He was ordered to pay £2,556.90 in compensation.

TOWN CENTRE: Pina colada thief Hayley Chichester, 35, of Station Road, was given a community order with 30 rehabilitation activity days after she admitted stealing five bottles of whisky, a can of pina colada and two meat pies from Tesco last September. The items were recovered. She also admitted stealing alcohol from a Waitrose in Stroud last summer. Magistrates ordered she pay £180 in costs and surcharge.

M4: Afraz Saied, 26, of Coolidge Close, Oxford, pleaded guilty to speeding on the M4 in a BMW 520D last September. He was fined £240, given six penalty points and ordered to pay £140 in costs and surcharge.