A MAN has admitted stealing a woman's phone in a town centre bar.

Samuel Wilson, 25, of Riverside Place in Kendal, stole a phone belonging to Kezia Kent-Vepers in Ruskins Bar on January 29.

He pleaded guilty to theft when he appeared at South Cumbria Magistrates' Court.

For the offence he was fined £230 and handed a £32 victim surcharge as well as £85 in prosecution costs.