A prolific offender from Coventry who has caused constant issues for shopkeepers has been jailed and banned from entering parts of the city.
Basharat Hussain has been jailed for six weeks for shoplifting and been given a 2 year Criminal Behaviour Order due to a spree of anti-social behaviour within the city centre.
The Criminal Behaviour order bans him from entering Coventry city centre unless for an arranged appointment with the police or probation.
He is also banned from entering any shop in the city centre, with the terms of the order making it clear he will be arrested if he breaches it.
Hussain, 51, was arrested on 7 October on suspicion of shoplifting.
He was charged and remanded, pleading guilty a day later.
The order was issued and Hussain was jailed at Coventry Magistrates Court on 8 October.
Hussain is the latest in a series of prolific offenders police have served with a Criminal Behaviour Order (CBO).
CBOs give us greater powers to arrest people known to be responsible for breaching their conditions and causing anti-social behaviour.
The terms of these orders allow us to ban known offenders from areas where they are known to cause problems.
They can be arrested for going to those areas and put back before the court immediately.
Police know how much of a concern anti-social behaviour is and are committed to keeping Coventry city centre a safe place for the public to visit and work in.
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