Prolific shoplifter banned from entering two Harborough district stores after thefts
A man has been banned from several stores, including ones in the Harborough district, after he was convicted of shoplifting.
Christopher Chapman, 38, appeared at Leicester Magistrates’ Court on September 4 charged with three counts of theft.
The man, of no fixed address, was handed a two-year Criminal Behaviour Order (CBO).
The order bans Chapman from entering the Co-Ops in Scraptoft and Thurnby, as well as the Co-Op in Thurncourt Road, Aldi in Hamilton, Tesco in Evington, and Tesco in Hamilton – as well as its petrol station.
He was given a rehabilitation order and ordered to pay compensation to the stores.
He must also leave any store or retail premises that he enters immediately when asked to do so by staff.
Wigston’s Safer Streets Team said: “We are pleased the courts have granted this order, this will hopefully go someway in deterring Chapman from committing further offences. If he continues to commit offences and breaches the terms of the CBO, he may face a custodial sentence.
“We would encourage anyone who witnesses Chapman breaching the conditions of his CBO to report it.”