A model who tried to steal £1,000 worth of designer goods from Harrods was let off with a conditional discharge after a magistrate 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 5 July.

But she was stopped before she left the Knightsbridge, London, store with the haul worth £959.59.

After she admitted theft Westminster Magistrate Grant McCrostie gave her a conditional discharge for 12 months and said: ‘You are a newcomer to this county, you are a student with a place at university.

‘You are obviously a woman of considerable talents, you are obviously intelligent.

‘Taking goods from any store, including Harrods is wrong.

‘Your future has been put at risk by these actions.

‘Because of the fact that you pleaded guilty at the earliest opportunity and you do have a potentially bright future, we will deal with this more leniently than we should have. ‘It will be a conditional discharge for a period of 12 months.’

Mr McCrostie said if Sikorska stays out of trouble for that period she will not face any further punishment.

‘You have been given another opportunity do not abuse the opportunity we have given you, stay out of trouble,’ he said.

Sikorska replied: ‘Thank you so much.’

The Polish model and actress is currently studying business management and economics at the University of Westminster. She also works as a business development manager for drinks bottle manufacturers Aquatiser and an interpreter.

She previously studied psychology at the University of Warsaw and has worked as a sales associate with variety of luxurious brands such as Saint Laurent Paris, Globe Trotter and Hugo Boss.

Sikorska, of Chelsea, West London, was given a conditional discharge, ordered to pay £85 costs and a £20 victim surcharge.