A woman who stole £3,000 worth of cosmetics from Boots returned a week later and repeated the offence.

Blackburn Magistrates' Court was told that when she returned to the Blackburn store another week later Olga Jankovskaja was spotted and detained.

Jankovskaja, 38, of Temple Street, Nelson, pleaded guilty to two charges of theft from Boots, one attempted theft from the same store and possession of heroin.

She also pleaded guilty to stealing assorted goods worth £225 from Marks and Spencer, Skipton.

She was jailed for 10 weeks for the offences.

On May 2, she visited Boots and stole £3,000 worth of cosmetics, and then on May 9 she went there again and that time stole £3,500 worth of products.

It was third time unlucky for the crook as she was caught pocketing £60 worth of products and detained, which was when the heroin was also discovered on her person.

The offence at M&S in Skipton occured on July 31.

District Judge Alexandra Preston said the offences were serious, high value shop thefts.

"You were also in possession of heroin which is the reason you are offending," said District Judge Preston.

"What makes it worse is you have a really bad record for shop theft and a really bad record of non-compliance with court orders.

"Regrettably I have to send you to prison which will give you a chance to detox.

"My hope is that when you are released you will be able to co-operate with the Probation Service and get the help you need."

Suzanne Byrne, prosecuting, said the values put in the charges were based on a stock take at the Boots store in Blackburn, although the defendant pleaded guilty on the basis of a much lower value.

Mark Williams, by way of mitigation, said the view of the Probation Service was that his client had had her chances and hadn't taken them.

He said his client's difficulty was misuse of drugs, which was compounded by her difficulty obtaining benefits because she had been denied permanent residence status.

"That has now been sorted out after two years of trying and she has been told she can now claim Universal Credit," said Mr Williams.