A 36-YEAR-OLD woman has been given a two-year Criminal Behaviour Order (CBO) after a town centre shoplifting spree.
Vizma Beckova committed five separate shoplifting offences in the centre of Barnsley, from January to April this year. The value of the items stolen was over £560.
Working closely with the stores affected, officers ensured that Beckova was given a CBO preventing her from entering certain retail premises within Barnsley that she targets.
Beckova was also handed a drug rehabilitation requirement and ordered to pay £114 in surcharges.
Sergeant Paul Allen from Barnsley Safer Neighbourhood Service, said: "CBO’s are one of the options available to officers in responding to repeat offenders like Beckova.
"Shoplifting is not a victimless crime and Beckova's actions have caused grief for certain stores and staff in Barnsley for the past couple of years.
"The CBO gives us powers to impose a harsher penalty if Beckova continues to offend, potentially locking her up for years. However, I hope that this is not necessary and that Beckova sees her recent court appearance as a sign to stop offending before she ends up behind bars."
Beckova, of Honeywell Lane, Barnsley, appeared before Barnsley Magistrates’ Court on Wednesday (April 30), where she pleaded guilty to all five offences and was sentenced the same day.
