Huddersfield Daily Examiner

Retail park ban for thief

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He told him he knew where he worked and he was a dead man.”

Court security officers came out to check on Mr Lawrence who then went to Castlegate police station and reported Smith.

Mrs Fowler said: “The experience caused him a lot of stress and anxiety. It left him feeling upset and worried about being out in the town centre shopping with his partner.”

On January 28 Smith entered Superdrug in Princess Alexandra Walk and was challenged as he stuffed Max Factor mascaras worth £459 into his pockets.

He claimed to staff that he had done nothing wrong and fled from the shop, activating the alarms.

Two days later at Next in the Great Northern Retail Park he stole three bottles of perfume worth £132.

Then on March 10 Smith went into Boots on the same site and selected a bottle of perfume which he placed in his jacket before taking a further five bottles of fragrances.

He stole from the same store again on March 31, hiding cosmetics in his clothing as he left.

On March 11 he targeted TK Maxx at the retail park and stole jewellery worth £150.

And on March 29 he stole five DVDS from a branch of Poundland in Huddersfie­ld town centre.

Smith claimed that he threw the orange juice at Mr Lawrence because he said horrible things about him.

Magistrate­s were told that he stole from the shops to fund his gas and electric as well as to support his drug habit.

They agreed to make a CBO lasting for two years. During this time Smith is banned from contacting Mr Lawrence or entering the Great Northern Retail Park or its grounds.

He must also leave any store in the Huddersfie­ld area when asked to do so by a member of staff.

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