Ryder guilty of stealing $6,000 designer goods

HOLLYWOOD actress Winona Ryder was last night convicted of stealing nearly 6,000 worth of designer merchandise from an exclusive department store.

The 31-year-old was found guilty of grand theft and vandalism but not guilty of second degree burglary from Saks Fifth Avenue in Beverly Hills on December 12 last year.

Ms Ryder, wearing a maroon coat, sat stone-faced in court as the clerk read out the verdicts from the six-man, six-woman jury at Beverly Hills Superior Court.