A MAN and woman have both been put behind bars for thefts in the New Forest.

At around 10.55am on Saturday November 21, Stephen Joseph Dempsey, aged 46, of Lower Buckland Road, Lymington, entered Superdrug on Lymington High Street and placed a range of cosmetic products into a bag.

He was confronted by shop staff after they were alerted to suspicious activity on the shop floor but refused to hand over the products. 

Dempsey then left the store without paying, haven stolen products worth approximately £400. 

He pleaded guilty to theft from a shop at Southampton Magistrates Court on November 23.

Appearing at the same court today, Victoria Tracey Peters, 30, also of Lower Buckland Road pleaded guilty to theft from a shop.

They were both sentenced to three months in prison.