A Somerset woman was traced by police after leaving her shoe behind, Cinderella-style, when she went shoplifting from a supermarket.

Kimberley Anne Spencer went to the alcohol aisle in the Waitrose, Crewkerne, store and took helped herself to a bottle of wine, hiding it in her jacket.

Spencer fled from the shop when the manager gave chase, leaving her shoe behind.

When the manager gave chase she fled from the shop but left a shoe behind which was recovered and she was later identified and arrested.

Spencer, 29, of Old Mill Lane, pleaded guilty to the theft of the wine worth £6.79 at Crewkerne on June 13 when she appeared before Somerset Magistrates.

She also admitted to being in breach of a conditional discharge imposed for a previous offence of theft when she appeared before Somerset Magistrates.

Prosecutor May Li said that Spencer entered the shop at 2.45pm, went to the alcohol section and picked up a bottle of wine.

“She hovered at the end of the aisle, put it in her jacket and then left without making any payment,” she said.

“The manager gave chase and she ran off leaving a shoe behind and The incident was caught on CCTV.”

During the interview she admitted the offence, saying she had about £4 and bought a bottle of wine for £3.50 from the Co-op.

She then went to Waitrose to see if she could get another bottle with her remaining 50p, but they didn’t have anything of that value so took something a bit dearer.

Spencer said she had been having a bad day with her mental health issues when “voices” were bombarding her, and it was a “spur of the moment” thing. At the police station she also tested positive for cocaine and opiates.

Defending solicitor Ray Peters said that Spencer had been diagnosed with a number of mental health difficulties and said the majority of her offending in the past had been committed to fund her drug addiction.

“However that Now it seems to be under control but at the time she was feeling depressed and sought some solace from alcohol instead of illegal substances, although some opiates were found in her system at the time,” he said.

He added that there was a lot of work to be done on Spencer’s current community order.

The magistrates revoked the conditional discharge and fined Spencer £73 for the original offence. They fined her a further £100 for the new matter and also ordered her to pay a £150 court charge, a £20 victim surcharge and £6.79 compensation to Waitrose.