A woman who broke into a shed and stole tools, then bit a policeman has been jailed.

Dani Pollock forced open a lockfast garden shed at a property in Saltcoats on October 14 and stole a tool box as well as a quantity of tools.

Pollock also assaulted a police constable.

The 22-year-old bit the officer on the arm while at Saltcoats Police Station two days later on October 16.

Pollock had previously pled guilty to the two charges at Kilmarnock Sheriff Court but sentence had been deferred for a Criminal Justice Social Work Report.

She returned to the court last week and was sentenced to six months in prison.