Shoplifter handed 'much-needed' two-year Asbo
PROLIFIC shoplifter David Michaelson has been banned from entering a number of stores in Grimsby.
The 28-year-old, of Macaulay Street, Grimsby, received a two-year antisocial behaviour order at Grimsby Magistrates' Court.
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BAN: David Michaelson, 28, who has received a two-year Asbo.
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Picture Submitted by Submitted Asbo maps for David Michaelson, who received a two year ASBO at Grimsby Magistrates' Court…..
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RED AREAS: The maps show the areas where David Michaelson is banned from entering under the terms of his Asbo. The only exemption magistrates agreed was for him to visit the NatWest Bank in Victoria Street, Grimsby.
The Asbo prohibits him from entering designated areas of Grimsby and Cleethorpes and he must not enter a number of stores in the Grimsby area, including:
Co-op.
2 4 1 on all items on the steak and grill menu served monday to saturday
Terms:
Monday - Saturday 12noon - 8pm
cheapest item credited for free
Management reserve the right to withdraw the offer at anytime.
not to be used in conjunction with anyother offer.
Contact: 01472 808799
Valid until: Saturday, June 15 2013
Sainsbury's.
Tesco.
Ramsdens.
Jacksons.
The exclusion zones cover most of Grimsby Top Town and Cleethorpes town centre and follow his latest thefts from shops in Grimsby on September 30 and December 8.
The only exemption magistrates agreed was for Michaelson to be able to visit the NatWest Bank in Victoria Street, Grimsby.
All the stores from which he is barred have been informed of the order and staff warned to be vigilant.
The order has been imposed just days after the Telegraph reported how another prolific shoplifter, Claire Wilson, was also banned from a number of stores in North East Lincolnshire.
PC Jon Hicks, of Humberside Police, who has responsibility within North East Lincolnshire for dealing with shoplifting, said: "I know David Michaelson well and this Asbo is much-needed.
"He is a man who is reliant on drugs and the magistrates have properly seen fit to give him one last chance to turn his life around and help him to kick the habit.
"In the past he has been very difficult with those who have attempted to detain him, getting aggressive and verbally abusive.
"Shoplifting is bad enough, but this kind of behaviour is completely unacceptable, no matter what the cause of the problem is.
"If he is seen breaching the terms of the Asbo he knows what to expect.
"Breaches of Asbos are taken very seriously by the courts and he will likely face imprisonment if he does offend.
"I can assure all shopkeepers if he is seen misbehaving, I will personally ensure that he is dealt with firmly and positively.
"The vast majority of us pay for our goods and we should not have to put up with prices being raised to cover the cost of shoplifting.
"Likewise, those who work in shops should not have to put up with people like him."
He urged anyone who sees Michaelson breaching the order to call Humberside Police on 101 or the police emergency number 999 if he is seen committing a crime.
Comments
by kerpooey
Sunday, December 25 2011, 9:36AM
“that ***** owes me 2 quid”
by paulw444
Wednesday, December 21 2011, 12:19PM
“Poor old smack head, must be quite a relief that he isn't banned from Asda, he has to have somewhere to shop??????”
by clivespanner
Tuesday, December 20 2011, 9:25PM
“Well said kenward. Vigilante justice will clean up these streets. Useless, ******** oxygen thieves breeding future useless, ******** idiots. No respect for anyone or anything. Justice department hiding behind redtape and b*****ks. Braindead, wannabe, plastic gangsters collecting ASBO's like medals. People say Borstal was hell. Good. So it should be. Young offenders never wanted to go back there. Bang em up and bully them. Its not nice but at least this way they are the ones suffering, not the honest, decent, law abiding people in the communities that they like to terrorise. Up the revolution!!”
by awayfromgy
Tuesday, December 20 2011, 3:06PM
“If he is seen breaching the terms of the Asbo he knows what to expect.......yeah,another asbo probably.”
by Bubz_Fudge
Tuesday, December 20 2011, 2:40PM
“How is giving this chump an ASBO going to help him turn his life around? Hes a drug addict for goodness sake. He will do whatever he can to get his hands on a fix....so banning him from shops will only mean one thing unfortunatly, he will turn to breaking into peoples homes. Just lock him up!!”
by kenward
Tuesday, December 20 2011, 12:30PM
“Another smackrat that is unlikely to turn into a human being just because he's got a letter from some dopey magistrate telling him to stop nicking.
Asbo's are a joke. There is already a law against stealing, so why would a bit of paper prohibiting you from thieving supercede that. Effectively the law is an Asbo. It's already breached so lock this ugly drug addled wreck up for a bit and give the rest of us a break.
No wonder this town is full of druggies and thieves, it's not as though there's any effective deterrent. About time some of them just started disappearing if you ask me.”
by kev1ntaylor
Tuesday, December 20 2011, 11:49AM
“Why don't the magistrates take all these ASBO lowlifes in as lodgers,then they could experience first hand that ASBO's don't work,then they could give them a suitable custodial sentence to enable them to clean up their act.”
by beardsley2
Tuesday, December 20 2011, 11:08AM
“Don't all these 'piggy eyed' scruffs look the same”
by Gry88
Tuesday, December 20 2011, 10:39AM
“@romeogolf - I wonder if it would be legally correct and not against their "Human Rights") to display the photographs of ALL of the shoplifters in the shops that they are banned from entering?
Now as much as I agree with your comment I really dont want to be looking at dam right ugly scruffy dirty people whilst shopping.
And as if this asbo is going to stop him....”
by romeogolf
Tuesday, December 20 2011, 10:14AM
“I wonder if it would be legally correct and not against their "Human Rights") to display the photographs of ALL of the shoplifters in the shops that they are banned from entering?
I don't see any problem with this, as the Telegraph publishes their photos.
This may deter them from entering the shop(s) and would help the staff to identify them more easily.”