A model who tried to steal £1,000 worth of designer goods from Harrods was let off with a conditional discharge after a judge said she was a woman of "considerable talents".

Natalia Sikorska, 28, attempted to make off with a Markus Lupfer jacket, a pair of Claudie Pierlot shoes, a Pinko handbag and the silver knife on July 5.

She was stopped before she left the Knightsbridge store with the haul worth £959.59.