A 74-YEAR-OLD man has admitted stealing two gold rings from a woman in Cirencester.

Gordon Hunt, of Herbert Stark Close, Beeches, Cirencester, pleaded guilty to theft at Cheltenham Magistrates' Court on Tuesday, August 15. 

Hunt stole the rings - which were worth approximately £300 - from a woman in Cirencester on Tuesday, May 2.

He has been charged under the Theft Act 1968.

The court ordered Hunt to pay £300 in compensation.