A 52-year-old man has admitted to stealing luggage from a mother while she breastfed her daughter at Gatwick Airport.

John Brooks, pleaded guilty to stealing a suitcase and a child’s backpack on 30 October.

He also admitted causing criminal damage worth £88.30 after breaking a security barrier with his head as he escaped with the luggage.

Brooks was fined £388.30, £300 as compensation to the victim, and the rest for damaging the barrier.