Kirsten Dunst Thief Jailed 9/5/08

A burglar who stole Kirsten Dunst's handbag during a hotel raid has been sentenced to four-and-a-half years in jail.

Jarrod Beinerman, 34, broke into the penthouse suite of New York's SoHo Grand Hotel while Dunst was staying there last year (07). He admitted illegally entering the hotel suite and taking Dunst's $13,000 (£6,500) Marc Jacobs purse.

Beinerman insisted he never meant to target the actress, who was in the Big Apple filming upcoming movie How to Lose Friends and Alienate People. He has been ordered to undergo drug treatment and will be sentenced for a drug charge on 10 September (08).