'Pest' shoplifter who stole from same store 27 times behind bars

A serial shoplifter who tormented staff by targeting the same Bestwood store over and over again has now been jailed.
Patrick Butler repeatedly went into Co-op, in Beckhampton Road, and helped himself to items - sometimes more than once a day.
The 43-year-old stole from the shop on no less than 27 separate occasions between December and the start of this month.
Each time, he slunk inside the store, grabbed whatever items he could get his hands on, placed them in a bag and walked out without paying.
Most of Butler’s thefts, 21 of them, came while he was wanted for failing to attend court after being charged with six more shop thefts.
In total, nearly £1,400 worth of stock was taken by Butler during his theft spree.
Butler was jailed for 12 months and issued with a criminal behaviour order (CBO) banning him from entering the store for any reason for the next two years.

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I know the lad I grown up with him at school.. it's shame cuz his a brilliant artist.. just shows what drugs do to you