A prolific shoplifter who repeatedly targeted stores across Crawley has been sentenced to prison after breaching multiple behavioural orders.
Damien O’Hare, 48, of no fixed address, was charged with 26 counts of shoplifting, 22 counts of breaching a Criminal Behaviour Order (CBO), and one count of using insulting or threatening language. The offences were committed between March and June 2024, with O’Hare predominantly targeting the Co-op in Dorsten Square, Bewbush, along with several other local stores.
O’Hare pleaded guilty to all charges at Crawley Magistrates’ Court on 10 June. He was sentenced to three years and three months in prison at Lewes Crown Court on Wednesday, 14 August.
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