A WOMAN who damaged a vehicle in a Purbeck shop car park has been ordered to pay compensation.

Jane Amanda Keith, of Steer Road, Swanage, admits charges of causing criminal damage to property and using threatening, abusive words or behaviour likely to cause harassment, alarm or distress.

The offences were in relation to an incident in the car park of Co-op in King's Road West, Swanage, at around 9.45am on Sunday, May 10, 2020.

The 51-year-old appeared in court at Poole on Thursday, January 14.

She was ordered to pay £300 compensation to the woman's car she damaged, however, she faced no separate penalty for the other offence.