A Narberth woman who stole over £200 of goods from a supermarket store, explained in court that her husband didn’t like her using credit cards.

Forty-nine-year-old Justine Lynch, of Templeton, appeared at Haverfordwest Magistrates Court on Tuesday, to plead guilty to the theft of groceries and clothing to the value of £204.75, from Morrisons in Haverfordwest

Prosecutor Ellie Morgan told the court that on July 22, police received a report from a security officer at the store around 4.15 pm, to say that their attention had been drawn to the defendant who was leaving the premises with a trolley full of goods, none of which had been bagged.

“Mrs. Lynch was seen walking out and when she was approached for a receipt for the clothing and groceries she had left with, she admitted that she hadn’t paid.

“She was detained and told police officers when interview that she was ‘awfully sorry’ for what she had done and gave a full admission,” continued Ms Morgan, explaining that the defendant had two previous similar convictions dating back to 2009 and 2015.

Representing herself, Mrs. Lynch told magistrates that she was more than willing to hold her hands up to the offence.

“My husband doesn’t like me to use the credit card any more in store,” she explained, before telling the court that she had moved to the area from London where she worked as a bookkeeper.

Magistrates fined the defendant £160 for the offence, and ordered her to pay prosecution costs of £85 and a £30 victim surcharge.