A serial thief has been locked up and had more restrictions added to his criminal behaviour order after pleading guilty to a spree of 19 shop thefts within two months.
Jack Newcombe was previously given a three-year criminal behaviour order, in December 2023, banning him from entering any Co-op stores in Nottingham, after the Gedling neighbourhood policing team successfully applied to the magistrates’ court.
However, the 34-year-old continued to offend, breaching his order on multiple occasions.
Newcombe, of no fixed address, has now been jailed for 40 weeks after stealing hundreds of pounds worth of goods from nine stores, including some repeat victims, between 27 May 2024 and 14 July 2024.
The stores he targeted were:
- Co-op in Wilmot Lane, Beeston
- B&M Bargains, The Square, Beeston
- Sainsbury’s, Stoney Street, Beeston
- Co-op in Wilford Lane, Wilford
- Smyths Toys, Daleside Road, Nottingham
- Sainsbury’s, Colwick
- Sainsbury’s, Melton Road, West Bridgford
- Wild Clothing, Broad Street, Hockley, Nottingham
- Aldi, The Becket Way, West Bridgford
Items stolen included coffee, confectionary, meat, spirits, laundry and cleaning products, Lego packs, and a baseball jacket.
After police carried out inquiries and searches, Newcombe was arrested on Tuesday 16 July 2024 and was duly charged.
He pleaded guilty to all charges and was subsequently locked up when he appeared at Nottingham Magistrates’ Court on Wednesday 17 July 2024.
Additional requirements were also added to his criminal behaviour order, which currently runs until 6 December 2026.
Newcombe is now additionally banned from entering: B&M Bargains store, The Square, Beeston; Sainsbury’s, Stoney Street, Beeston, and the Tesco Extra, Station Road, Beeston.
PC Dean Bardill, of the Beeston neighbourhood policing team, said: “Retail theft is an issue we take seriously as we want our local businesses, their employees, and their customers to feel safe and be able to carry out their trading without fear for their safety or financial loss.
“Newcombe’s criminal behaviour order was imposed for good reason, but he chose to completely disregard it and to carry on entering areas he was strictly forbidden from.
“I hope this sentencing sends a strong message that we will not tolerate individuals who re-offend and blatantly ignore punishments handed to them by the courts. By doing so they will the face the consequences, including time behind bars.”
