A BRADFORD woman has been jailed following a string of thefts and an assault on a shop worker.

Police reported that Josephine Caruso, 35, from West Royd Avenue, Shipley, was sentenced to prison after committing a number of shop thefts in Shipley and also assaulting a shop worker.

A spokesperson for the Shipley Neighbourhood Policing Team said: "Josephine Caruso, 35, from West Royd Avenue, Shipley, has been sentenced to 30 weeks imprisonment following a string of shop thefts in Shipley and an assault on a shop worker."