A woman used a stolen debit card to buy herself a meal from a takeaway, a court heard.

Michelle Grundy, 45, was caught using the card at Charcoal Grill in Southampton on July 31.

On the same day, she used the stolen card to pay for a taxi journey with West Quay Cars for herself.

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Southampton Magistrates’ Court heard how Grundy stole a wallet containing credit and debit cards, £45 in cash, and identity cards, belonging to Aditya Mobhukuri earlier that day.

She used the stolen money to pay for her food and transport.

Grundy, of Falkland Road in Chandler’s Ford, pleaded guilty to two counts of fraud by false representation and one count of theft from a person.

She has been remanded into custody and will next appear in the same court on October 15.