Heather's supermarket shoplifting shame

The shameful past of Heather Mills came back to haunt her again on the weekend - when she was refused entry to a supermarket where she shoplifted as a teenager.

According to The Sun newspaper, Sir Paul McCartney's estranged wife was told by a member of staff at the Sainsbury's store in her hometown: "Excuse me, Heather, you know you're not allowed in there, you know the situation."

Despite her protests the ex-model was not allowed into the shopping centre in Washington, Tyne and Wear, where she had stopped off with a bodyguard.

Heather, 38, whose alleged past as an escort girl was exposed earlier this year, told the staff member: "For Christ's sake, that was ten years ago. Do you really think I'm going to shoplift now? I've moved on from there."

In her autobiography Out On A Limb, Heather admitted how she stole supermarket food as a young child. She wrote: "By ten I was an old hand. Pinching food was really quite easy I discovered."

But Sainsbury's bosses have said Heather was not banned from any of their stores and was welcome at any time.

A spokesperson said: "We can confirm Heather Mills McCartney would be most welcome to shop in any of our stores."