Prolific shoplifter, 57, banned from Shrewsbury town centre for three years after stealing chicken
Repeat offender also banned from Asda and Home Bargains.
A prolific criminal who stole chicken from Home Bargains has been banned from Shrewsbury town centre for three years.
Shaun Freeman, aged 57, lifted sliced Delamere chicken worth £4 from the discount chain’s store in Abbey Foregate on December 3 last year.
Freeman, of Abbey Court, Abbey Foregate, Shrewsbury, pleaded guilty at Telford Magistrates Court to theft from a shop. He has been stealing from shops in the town centre for decades and has previously been jailed for causing death by dangerous driving.
Magistrates made Freeman subject of a three-year criminal behaviour order, banning him from the town centre as well as Home Bargains in Abbey Foregate, Asda in Old Potts Way and the Co-op in Sutton Road.
The order also states Freeman must not drink in public.
Freeman was made subject of a two-year conditional discharge, meaning he could be resentenced more harshly for this offence if he commits another crime in that timeframe.
He was also ordered to pay £85 in prosecution costs and £4 in compensation.
PCSO Joseph Bradley said: "CBOs are put in place to protect the public from persistent anti-social and threatening behaviour, and we will take robust action against anyone who chooses to ignore them in the town centre.
"We will continue to take action against those who breach these orders and commit offences that impact residents, businesses and visitors in Shrewsbury town centre."