A KIDDERMINSTER woman appeared at Worcester Crown Court for a series of offences caused by her "chaotic lifestyle," said her barrister, Mr James McCracken.

Jaqueline Worrall, 25, of Avon Road, had been in custody since July. But since being in jail she had broken free from drugs, said Mr McCracken. She had penned a letter which was handed to Judge Thomas Dillon QC.

Jailing her for nine months, he said he was impressed she seemed to have got off drugs. Worrall pleaded guilty to burgling her father's house in Jubilee Drive and stealing £10, shoplifting and obstructing police and breaching probation.

Mr Michael Conry, prosecuting, said Worrall gave a false name and address when she was arrested in Woolworths, Worcester, for stealing children's clothes worth £75.