Thief jailed after December crime spree

A prolific thief has been jailed after repeatedly ignoring court orders and warnings to change his behaviour.

Joshua Turner, 22, was given a two-year criminal behaviour order (CBO) in January last year, banning him from entering any Co-op, Tesco, or TK Maxx in Peterborough.

He was also given a 12-week suspended sentence in November after being convicted of theft and assault offences.

However, at Peterborough Magistrates’ Court on Monday (6 January) he was jailed for 36 weeks, including the activation of the suspended sentence, after admitting a catalogue of crimes throughout December.

PC Buckingham, who investigated, said: “Since being made subject of the order, Turner has been convicted of six breaches.

“We will continue to enforce the order by arresting for any breach, and I urge anyone with information to report it to us.”

Turner, of Tyesdale, Bretton, was convicted of:

• Theft of various items totalling £514 from Sainsbury’s in Oxney Road, on 3 December
• Vehicle interference in Keswick Close, Gunthorpe, on 20 December
• Theft of six bank cards from a car in Keswick Close, Gunthorpe, on 20 December
• Theft of alcohol of an unknown value from Tesco in Werrington, on 20 December
• Breach of a CBO by entering Tesco in Werrington, on 20 December
• Theft of alcohol of an unknown value from Tesco in Werrington, on 21 December
• Breach of a CBO by entering Tesco in Werrington, on 21 December
• Theft of alcohol totalling £128 from ASDA in Rivergate, on 21 December
• Theft of various items from a car in Queens Walk, Woodston, on 27 December

Anyone with information about Turner breaching his CBO should contact police via the web chat service or online forms.

Those without internet access should call 101.