A WOMAN who requested cashback at a Taunton supermarket self-checkout machine forgot to pick it up and returned to find it had been stolen.

Police are investigating after £40 was picked up at the ASDA store on Creechbarrow Road at 1.20pm on March 31.

Two people picked up the cash and went to use a different checkout, police said.

Enquiries have identified a man and a woman who were in the area and may have information which could help the police investigation.

Anyone with information should contact police on 101.