These are five people that are currently banned from setting foot in Manchester City Centre. All have been convicted of criminal offences such as drug-dealing, violence or theft.
And in each case heard before Manchester’s courts, Greater Manchester Police and their partners at Manchester City Council have secured a Criminal Behaviour Order (CBO) against them.
The CBOs are used to target the most persistent anti-social offenders, apart from the usual punishments handed out by courts.
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It means on top of their sentence, the individual also faces additional restrictions that can last for an indefinite period if they are adults, or for up to three years for under 18s. These can ban them from a defined geographical area, and in these cases, each can be arrested for simply being in the city centre, typically defined by the area within the inner ring road.
Here, the Manchester Evening News looks back on cases where people have caused chaos in the city. Anyone who sees these individuals in the city centre should report it via the non-emergency number 101 , the independent charity Crimestoppers, anonymously, on 0800 555 111, or make a report via the GMP website. If there is an emergency situation, always dial 999.
Jonathan O’Sullivan
Serial thief Jonathan O’Sullivan was banned from the city centre by way of a criminal behaviour order. But, in December last year, he was caught in town with a luxury handbag before threatening police, telling an officer 'you watch what happens when I see you on your own'.
O'Sullivan, 29, was locked up for 12 months in January after he was caught with an expensive Michael Kors bag, which had been stolen from the high end brand's city centre store.
A member of the public had approached an officer who was walking through the city centre, asking him if he was looking for a stolen handbag.
"Them three have got one," the officer was told. O'Sullivan was with two others who were seen walking 'with purpose', at about 2.30pm on December 5, Manchester Crown Court heard. The police officer tried to stop them and O'Sullivan ran off.
He was caught on Cheapside, with the officer using his PAVA spray as he detained him. O'Sullivan had a brand new Michael Kors handbag worth £171 in his rucksack, which still had the tags on.
After being caught, O'Sullivan said: "I'm allowed to go where I want, you can't stop me. I'm in the city all the time. You think you can PAVA me, you watch what happens when I see you on your own."
O'Sullivan, of no fixed address, pleaded guilty to breaching a criminal behaviour order and theft, and remains banned from the city centre. He has ten previous convictions for breaching the order, his sentencing was told.
Roger Clarke
One man caused mayhem in and around the city centre by repeatedly losing his temper, abusing receptionists, managers, police and members of the public. Roger Clarke, 54, first began kicking off at the Booth Centre in Cheetham Hill in August last year.
Clarke, of Fallowfield, got aggressive and was asked to leave after a mix-up with his social worker. He then became argumentative and told the receptionist: “You better stay away from me today.”
He then began pacing up and down before throwing cutlery, tables and chairs around the room. He was shouting: “you f***** b****” and was heard to say ‘you’re all filthy c****, should all get raped and killed’.
Months later in November, he attended the reception at Woodward Court in Ancoats where he was renting a flat. He approached the manager and said: “do not talk over me, you stupid f***** c***’.
He then used racist language towards the man, before abusing another member of staff who approached him, calling him a ‘shiny bl*ck bald headed c***.” As officers arrived to arrest him he said one officer was a ‘fat f******* lesbian b******’ and said ‘I’ll kick you in the c*** b*****’.
As they went to put him in the back of the police van, he became violent, attempting to headbutt one officer and kicking out at another, making contact with her groin. As she moved away he kicked out again, striking her in the face, before kicking the other officer in the face. In a police interview he admitted to drinking a full bottle of vodka.
The final incident saw Clarke get into a fight in the middle of a McDonalds in the city centre on January 6 this year at around 8.25am.
A staff member went over and told Clarke and another man to stop what they were doing, at which Clarke said: “He called me a paedo, I’ve got two grandchildren, how can I be a paedo?” He then grabbed the same man he had been attacking with a stick. When the police arrived, the man had visible injuries to his head and face.
In May this year, Clarke, of Worsley Court, Fallowfield, admitted offences of criminal damage, public order, racially aggravated harassment, assaulting an emergency worker and affray and was jailed for 16 months. He was also banned from going into the city centre, as well as two residential homes for vulnerable people.
Myles Amharic Roberts
Fare dodger Myles Amharic Roberts was handed a three year criminal behaviour order after assaulting a ticket inspector. The 34-year-old was also jailed for 10 weeks after pleading guilty to assault in February this year.
Roberts, of Bramhall Lane, Stockport, departed the train at Manchester Victoria and attempted to bypass the automatic ticket machines at the exit by using an overflow gate.
A female revenue protection inspector attempted to prevent Roberts from exiting by locking the gate. He became upset at being challenged and pushed her in the chest with force before trying to make his way out of the station. He was handed a three year criminal behaviour order and ordered to pay £100.
Francis Connelly
Prolific burglar Francis Connelly was banned from Manchester city centre AGAIN after he broke into a student halls of residence to steal three flat screen TVs and a Playstation.
Connelly, who has previous convictions for 98 thefts, left-empty handed. But he caused thousands of pounds worth of damage to the common room at Lambert House near Piccadilly Station.
He was caught after police examined a trail of blood left at the scene. The 57-year-old broke into the city centre halls with an unknown female accomplice in August last year, a court heard.
In doing so, he breached the terms of a Criminal Behaviour Order (CBO), in which he was banned from entering that part of the city centre.
The three-year CBO was issued in 2018 and was due to expire in April last year. Connelly, of Oregon Close, Ardwick, was sentenced to 20 months in prison on in February 2021.
He previously pleaded guilty to burglary and breach of a Criminal Behaviour Order. A judge also subjected him to a new three year Criminal Behaviour Order, banning him from entering the same area of Manchester city centre.
Hussan Issa
22-year-old Spice dealer Hussan Issa was locked up for 15 months in April 2020 and banned from Piccadilly Gardens for three years after a criminal behaviour was imposed.
In February 2020, at about 4.30pm, police recognised him on Back Piccadilly, and found he had three bags of Spice in his trousers.
Asked if he had any more drugs, Issa 'swore on his mother's life' that he didn't, the court heard. But a further search at the police station found that he had tried to hide another bag of the drugs in his underpants.
He had 47.3g of the drug, which Issa told police was worth £400. Issa told them that he was selling the drugs on behalf of someone else, who he claimed had assaulted him, and that he was being paid £60 a day in return.
He was living in a squat with other people and was being told to go and deal on Piccadilly Gardens, Issa's lawyer said. At the time, Issa had already been before the courts for crimes committed in Piccadilly Gardens.
In May and June he was found to be in possession of cannabis, and then went on to commit assaults on two stallholders in the Gardens.
He also spat at a police officer who had stopped him for breaching his bail, and on another occasion when he was running away from police, he barged into a member of the public who was knocked to the floor. Issa had pleaded guilty to one count of possession with intent to supply Spice.
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