A woman stole a handbag worth more than £800 from a well-known shopping village, a court heard. 

Lucinda McDonald, of Bouverie Road, Hardingstone, took a black Mulberry iris high shine calf handbag from the Mulberry outlet at Bicester Village. 

The handbag stolen was worth £850 and McDonald stole it on June 2 this year. 

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McDonald, 62, pleaded guilty at Oxford Magistrates' Court on November 11. 

She was handed a conditional discharge for 12 months and must pay costs of £85 and a victim surcharge of £26.

An application was also made for benefit deduction. 

The court record shows no orders for compensation.