A woman broke into a Saltcoats shed and stole tools, before biting a policeman following her arrest.

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

She then assaulted a police constable two days later. The 22-year-old bit the officer on the arm while at Saltcoats Police Office.

Pollock, of Green Street Hostel in Saltcoats, pled guilty to two charges at Kilmarnock Sheriff Court.

Sentence was deferred until November 5 for reports and Pollock was bailed until then.