A prolific shoplifter has been banned from entering a host of different stores following her latest arrest by neighbourhood officers.
Police were alerted that Ailee Mullins had attempted to steal laundry products from a store in Front Street, Arnold, around 4.15pm on 8 September.
Officers quickly located and detained 41-year-old Mullins and were then able to further arrest her for a series of other shop theft offences across Arnold during August and September.
Mullins, of Wilmington Gardens, Daybrook, pleaded guilty to eight counts of shop theft and was sentenced to 14 weeks in jail, suspended for 12 months.
Nottingham Magistrates’ Court also imposed a Criminal Behaviour Oder (CBO) which will remain in place for three years following the hearing on 10 September.
Under the terms of the order, Mullins must not enter B&M stores in Front Street, Arnold, or at Madford Business Park, Daybrook.
In addition, she is banned from Sainsbury’s, in Sir John Robinson Way, and Boots, in Front Street.
Sergeant Bhavuk Sharma, of the Gedling neighbourhood policing team, said:
“Mullins has been a persistent nuisance for businesses across Arnold and Daybrook.
“We hope the combination of a suspended custodial sentence hanging over her and the CBO will seriously curtail this offending and give shop staff some respite.
“Any breach of a CBO can lead to an immediate prison sentence so they are an effective tool for us to tackle the relatively small number of offenders responsible for the vast majority of shop thefts.
“A great deal of work goes into securing these orders and I hope the business affected, as well as the wider community, welcome our robust response to Mullins’ offending.”
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