A BURGLAR has been ordered to pay compensation after entering a Herefordshire Superdrug shop with intent to steal.

Stephen Danaher entered a guilty plea to one count of burglary with intent to steal when he appeared before magistrates in Hereford in November.

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The court heard from the prosecutor that the 45-year-old had entered Ross-on-Wye's Superdrug shop on November 14 last year, with intent to steal.

Danaher, of Robin Hood Lane, Birmingham, was handed a 19-month community order and fined £100 for the offence, with magistrates saying that they had taken his guilty plea into account when imposing the penalty.

He was also ordered to pay compensation of £211.24 to Superdrug, prosecution costs of £185, and a £114 victim surcharge, which is used to help fund services supporting victims of crime.