A shoplifter has been banned from entering multiple stores in Yeovil after receiving a two-year Criminal Behaviour Order (CBO).

Liam Allen, 35, of no fixed address, was sentenced to one year in prison at Taunton Crown Court on Thursday, June 27, for 10 counts of theft committed between December 2023 and March 2024. 

The court also granted an order prohibiting Allen from entering the following stores in Yeovil: Tesco Express, Tesco Extra, Boots, WH Smith, Superdrug, and Co-Op. He is also banned from any stores where he has received a written exclusion.

Additionally, the order requires Allen to place all items in a basket or trolley until paid for in stores not named in the order.

A breach of the CBO could result in a maximum sentence of up to five years' imprisonment.

Julie Crockett, Anti-Social Behaviour Co-ordinator, said: “The offences committed by Liam Allen have had a significant impact on shop workers, business owners and the general public in Yeovil, and we hope the conditions of the order will dissuade him from continuing this repeated offending and associated anti-social behaviour.