A DENE Court resident has been fined after stealing almost £250 worth of equipment from an Andover electronic store.

Rachel Read, of Dene Court, Andover, was fined £100 at a hearing at Basingstoke Magistrates' Court on Thursday after stealing two photo tablets from Maplins.

Read stole a Waccom Intuos Photo Large, worth £149.99, on 14 March after stealing a Waccom Intuos Photo Small, worth £74.99, two days earlier.

The 34-year-old was fined and also ordered to pay a victim surcharge of £20.