A THIEF who stole a chocolate orange and a pack of mince from a service station has been given a community order.

Diane Rawlinson, 40, admitted two charges of theft from a shop when she appeared before magistrates in Workington on Tuesday.

Rawlinson stole a pack of chicken fillets, a pack of mince, and a gammon steak, worth £14.09 from Seaton Service Station on June 27.

Then on August 7, she stole a chocolate orange and a chocolate bar worth £4.99 from the same store.

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Magistrates imposed a 12-month community order with 15 rehabilitation activity requirement days.

Rawlinson , of Mitchell Avenue, Northside, Workington, was fined £40 and ordered to pay £19.08 in compensation to Seaton Service Station.

She must pay £85 costs and a £114 victim surcharge.