A man from Cirencester who repeatedly breached his Criminal Behaviour Order has been jailed for 48 weeks.
Officers from the Cirencester Neighbourhood Policing Team had been searching for 31-year-old Ben Savory as he was wanted on warrant.
He was found by officers last Wednesday (22 October) hiding inside an address of someone he knew and he was arrested.
Savory appeared in Cheltenham Magistrates’ Court the following day (Thursday 23 October) when he admitted to four counts of breaching his Criminal Behaviour Order (CBO), three counts of theft from a shop and one count of failing to surrender to police/court bail at the appointed time.
He was jailed for 12 weeks for each count of breaching his CBO, to run consecutively, and ordered to pay fines for the other offences.
Savory, of London Road, Cirencester, has been subject to a CBO for continued criminal behaviour including multiple counts of shoplifting, which has impacted on local people and businesses.
The order prohibits him from entering several retail premises in Cirencester, Lechlade, Fairford and South Cerney. The order was granted in 2022 for five years and remains in place until 10 August 2027.
Cotswolds Neighbourhood Policing Inspector Philippa Moore said: “Savory has repeatedly breached his Criminal Behaviour Order and now faces the consequences of his actions.
“People may think that shoplifting isn’t a serious crime, but when local businesses are repeatedly targeted this has a financial impact on them, and their staff may also be subjected to abuse or assault in the process of doing their job, which can have a detrimental impact.
“We encourage staff to report any breaches of orders to us so that we, and the courts, can take action to tackle this behaviour.”