Man jailed after spate of thefts from Peterborough supermarket
A man who stole goods worth more than £1,000 from a supermarket has been jailed.Iltaf Hussain, 40, carried out a spate of thefts at the Bretton Centre in Peterborough, from which he had previously been banned.Hussain, of no fixed address, pocketed £1,374.83 worth of goods from Morrisons Daily on nine occasions between 27 January and 10 February.He admitted nine counts of theft from a shop and nine counts of a breach of a Criminal Behaviour Order (CBO) at Huntingdon Magistrates' Court and was jailed for eight months.
He was also ordered to pay £150 to Morrisons Daily.Hussain's two-year CBO came into effect in September, banning him from entering the Bretton Centre, defined as being bordered by Flaxlands, Rightwell East and Bretton Way.CBOs are issued by judges, who also have discretion over their contents. They replaced anti-social behaviour orders (ASBOs).
Cambridgeshire Police said Hussain was arrested on 10 February after they were called to suspicious activity in Figtree Walk, Dogsthorpe.PC Carly Reed said: "Hussain's offending has had a major impact on the shop he targeted, both financially and also on the staff, as they have had to continually deal with his behaviour."With a CBO, we have greater powers to tackle repeated offending as we are able to arrest with every breach."
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