Seven shoppers were banned from stores and supermarkets in Merseyside and Cheshire.
From B&M to Tesco, these men were landed with Criminal Behaviour Orders and bans ranging between two and three years. One man raided several Co-op's in Merseyside, and another two outside the region, before being caught because of his distinctive socks.
Another tried to come back to the place they robbed in disguises to try and steal over and over again.
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Here the ECHO takes a look at some of the shoppers who were banned from stores and supermarkets in the region.
Sean Clamp - Boots, M&S, Tesco Express and more
Sean Clamp, from Bootle, can no longer enter any Boots, Co-Op Food Store, Marks and Spencer, Tesco Express, Iceland or One Stop Shops, anywhere in Merseyside. The 32-year-old will not be able to shop in the stores after a two-year criminal behaviour order was issued to him at Wirral Magistrates court on Tuesday, January 18.
The order also stops Clamp from going into the New Strand Shopping Centre and the surrounding area. Clamp was given the order for being a 'repeat offender who caused a negative impact on the community.'
Raymond Mavrakakis, Community Policing Inspector in South Sefton, said: "Business thefts are not victimless crimes as they have a huge impact on the community in many ways. "Should Clamp breach the conditions of this order, he will be arrested, returned to court and may be jailed."
Michael Hall - Co-op
Michael Hall, 33, repeatedly targeted Co-op stores on Merseyside, and even cheekily stayed in a hotel to raid two more in North Wales. Hall waited just two months after getting out of prison to begin his latest crime spree, which involved losses of more than £135,000.
He climbed onto the roofs of the premises - usually brazenly using a ladder - to break in and scarper with cash and goods, sometimes with an accomplice. But Michael Hall’s downfall involved his distinctive socks which were spotted on CCTV and later found at his home.
Peter Wilson, prosecuting, said that Hall was identified from CCTV footage, which on three occasions caught his distinctive socks, and from cell site evidence linked to his mobile phone.
Hall, of no fixed address, but formerly of Mount Pleasant, Waterloo, pleaded guilty to burgling eight Co-op stores, one near his home on three occasions, and also a coffee shop, where he stole a charity box. He was recalled on prison licence after his arrest until June 2024 but his latest sentence will begin from today. Liverpool Crown Court heard that he has 44 previous convictions for 96 offences and began his life of crime as a burglar when he was a juvenile.
Hall is now banned from every Co-op store in Merseyside.
Paul Green - Asda, Tesco, B&M, Wilko and Boots
Paul Green, 35, from St Helens was issued with a two-year Criminal Behaviour Order (CBO) after he was convicted of theft and aggressive behaviour towards shop workers. The order will prevent Green from entering any Tesco, B&M, McColls, Superdrug, Savers, Poundland, Asda, The Range, Wilkos and Boots stores in Merseyside.
He will also be banned from entering any shops in Church Square Shopping Centre. Officers from the Community Policing Team at St Helens submitted the CBO application after Green became aggressive and disruptive towards staff in a convenience store after stealing from the shop.
Speaking after the order was issued Chief Inspector Paul Holden said: “We hope that Green’s criminal behaviour order serves as warning to those who try to harass or attack shop workers who are just doing their job that they will be brought to justice. We will continue to work alongside businesses and their staff, to ensure that they are offered the necessary support and protection."
Lee James Stuart - Co-op, McColls, Tesco and Asda
Lee James Stuart is banned from every branch of Co-op, McColls, Tesco and Asda in St Helens, as well as a string of smaller independent stores. The 31-year-old was hit with a Criminal Behaviour Order which runs until September 2022, after a catalogue of bizarre behaviour.
This five-year ban was first imposed in September 2017 after staff complained of being intimidated and terrorised by him.
Richard Burt was a shop assistant at Martins in Parr in 2017, and he told the ECHO : “He has been banned from here for shoplifting mainly. He used to come in and take whatever he wanted like coffee or ham.
"We caught him a couple of times and told him to stop but let him away with it. It was only when we told him he was banned from the store he used to come in wearing disguises and used to try and sneak around.”
Jeff Dey - Tesco, Sainsbury's, Lidl or Spar
Jeff Dey was banned from entering every Tesco, Sainsbury's, Lidl or Spar store in Merseyside after a spate of crimes. It came after the 31-year-old, of no fixed address, carried out a number of thefts, burglaries and assaults in Liverpool city centre.
He was also found to have committed offences of anti-social behaviour. The repeat offender was handed a three-year Criminal Behaviour Order in February at Liverpool Magistrates' Court.
The three-year order will run until February 15, 2024, and will prevent Dey from entering any supermarket in the city centre.
It also stops Dey from entering two specified areas of Liverpool City Centre unless for medical or legal reasons.
Officers from Merseyside Police submitted the application for the CBO following eight separate incidents in city centre shops between November 2020 and January 2021, where Dey was charged with theft and burglary.
James Tully - Tesco
James Tully was banned from entering any Liverpool Tesco for two years. In April, the 36-year-old was sentenced to 12 weeks in prison to be followed by a two year Criminal Behaviour Order after a number of recent offences in Liverpool.
Merseyside Police officers submitted the application after four separate incidents in shops in Old Swan from January to March 2021 where Tully was charged with shoplifting, anti-social behaviour, criminal damage, witness intimidation and breach of bail offences The CBO intends to prevent Tully from carrying out thefts, intimidation and anti-social behaviour.
Upon his release from prison, for the next two years Tully must not; Enter any Tesco stores within the City of Liverpool or remain in any shop premises if asked to leave by a member of staff of those premises within the City of Liverpool.
Dominic Lyons - Nearly every shop in Runcorn
Dominic Lyons, 26, was jailed for six months in January for breaching a Criminal Behaviour Order that was first imposed in April 2019 and made to last five years. Its conditions banned him from entering Runcorn Asda and three Co-op stores but he found himself behind bars after stealing £124 of meat and chocolate from Aldi on Trident Park in on January 7, then £40 of meat from Co-op on Grangeway on January 7, and £54 of meat from Co-op on Halton Road on January 8.
All three thefts were filmed on CCTV, Lyons was located on Whitchurch Way in Halton Lodge on January 11, and he was jailed for three counts of shoplifting and three CBO breaches after pleading guilty. Further conditions were added to his order, which bans him from entering any retail premises in Runcorn except shops at Shopping City and the Premier Store in Halton Lodge, and from concealing any item prior to payment at any retail premises in Cheshire.
The 26-year-old, of no fixed address, but most recently living on Fenwick Lane in Halton Lodge, has now been released from prison but the CBO remains in place until April 2024.
