Other light-fingered celebrities

The actress was sentenced to four months in jail and told to do 300 hours community service last May for stealing a £1,529 gold necklace from a Los Angeles store.

WINONA RYDER

The film star was caught in 2001 with £3,564 of clothes and accessories from Saks Fifth Avenue in Beverly Hills. She was fined, put on probation, given community service and ordered to attend psychological and drug counselling.

GABRIELA IRIMIA

The Cheeky Girl and former girlfriend of ex-MP Lembit Opik was cautioned last January after being caught stealing £40 of groceries from a Sainsbury’s in Wilmslow.

BRITNEY SPEARS

In 2007, she was caught on camera stealing a 90p lighter from a California service station. Owner Jatinder Kaur did not press charges, saying: “I’m hoping maybe the next time she comes back, she will pay for it.”