A MAN has been ordered to pay a woman £134 after stealing her handbag from her car.

Ian Clark, 37, of Montague, Basildon stole the handbag from a Vauxhall Astra as it was parked on Canvey Island on June 29.

He admitted the charge when he appeared at Basildon Magistrates’ Court.

he was ordered to pay his victim £134 compensation, £21 victim surcharge, and £85 court costs.