A shoplifter has been banned from every Co-op store in Colchester.
Damien Say had an anti-social behaviour order (Asbo) slapped on him at court yesterday.
Store ban - Damien Say hands out a beer
The 22-year-old, of Monkwick Avenue, Colchester, admitted stealing packs of lager from several of the stores in the borough.
Say drank a can of lager on the steps of the Colchester court with friends following an earlier hearing last month.
He admitted stealing a pack of Stella Artois from the Old Heath Road Co-op on March 10 and stealing another pack from a store in the town on March 5.
He also admitted stealing a pack of Fosters and a pack of Stella from the Co-op in Old Heath Road on a different occasion.
Say admitted burgling the Wilson Marriage Centre, in Barrack Street, for £5 of sweets and drinks.
The court heard police traced him from blood left at the scene, which matched his DNA.
The order bans Say from any Co-op food store, retail outlet or petrol filling station in the borough for two years.
He could face jail if he breaches the order.
Roger Brice, mitigating, said in court: "The offences do not bear the hallmark of any degree of sophistication, more of a disadvantaged young man with some disabilities."
Say was ordered to pay £45 costs and to carry out a community rehabilitation order for 18 months
Published Wednesday July 21, 2004
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