A woman who admitted stealing more than £2,500 worth of equipment from the Aberystwyth shop where she worked has been fined and handed a community order by magistrates.

Megan Ihle, formerly of Aberystwyth but now of 9 Friars Road, Bangor, appeared for sentencing before Aberystwyth Magistrates’ Court on 12 November.

The 24-year-old was due to stand trial charged with one count of theft by employee from Currys on the Parc y Llyn Retail Park in Llanbadarn Fawr on 14 December last year.

She was charged with stealing a Nintendo Switch game, a USB-C stick, two iPads, an iPhone Air, Apple Airpods and an Apple Pencil worth a combined £2,567.98.

Ihle changed her plea to guilty at a hearing in October.

Sentencing on 12 November, magistrates fined Ihle £250 and handed her a 12 month community order to include a ban from entering any Currys store.

No compensation was ordered as the items were recovered, the court heard.

Ihle must also pay prosecution costs of £85 as well as a surcharge to fund victim services of £114.