A Cowra woman who entered a Cowra discount store and helped herself to what the store estimated to be $2000 worth of goods was ordered to pay $2000 in compensation and fined $500 in the Local Court on March 27.
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Tahnee-Rie Rice, 37, of Fitzroy Avenue failed to appear in court to answer a charge of larceny.
Magistrate Vivien Swain fined Rice in her absence.
Police documents reveal Rice entered the Cowra store about 10.48am on December 5 last year carrying a large bag which she proceeded to fill with items from the shelves.
Police said Rice then picked up a further two bags which she also filled before decamping, followed by the store manager, into Macquarie Street.
The manager reported the theft to Cowra Police after seeing Rice get into a vehicle and leave.
Police later identified Rice from the store's CCTV footage.
When police spoke with Rice at her residence on December 14 she made full admissions adding "I wasn't in a right mind. I sold the items for pokie money".
