Two prolific offenders been returned to jail after flouting court orders requiring them to comply with strict prohibitions in Nottingham city centre.
John Chattin, aged 37, was handed a three-year Criminal Behaviour Order (CBO) in January.
Neighbourhood police secured the order to protect businesses and the public from Chattin after he was identified as a prolific offender.
Chattin, of no fixed abode, had frequently been arrested for offences including robbery, theft, assault and possession of Class A drugs.
Under the terms of the order, Chattin was prohibited from entering an exclusion area.
On 10 September, he was jailed for eight weeks after he was spotted in Cheapside by officers. He was released part-way through the sentence and was arrested again on 4 October after local businesses reported seeing him in Trinity Square.
Chattin appeared at Nottingham Magistrates’ Court two days later and was jailed for another 10 weeks.
In a separate case, Joseph Haxby, 39, has been jailed after he was caught breaching his Criminal Behaviour Order twice in two days.
Haxby was handed a three-year CBO in 2023 for persistently begging in busy public areas in a manner that is likely to cause harassment, alarm and distress.
On 3 October this year, he approached a woman in Carlton Street with a metal item in his hand and asked her for cash. She felt concerned for her safety, so went to a cash machine and withdrew £20 for him.
The following day, a police officer found Haxby at Stoney Street Car Park – a location he was excluded from.
Haxby, of no fixed address, was arrested and placed before Nottingham Magistrates’ Court on 6 October, where he was jailed for 24 weeks.
Joseph Haxby has also been caught breaching his CBO
PC Phil Yates, of the City Centre neighbourhood policing team, said:
“We are continuing to target prolific offenders with restrictive court orders banning them from certain areas of the city centre.
“Breaches are criminal offences in themselves and come with real consequences, such as prison sentences.
“People like Chattin and Haxby should know that – for as long they keep committing offences – we will remain on their case and will continue to bring them to justice.”
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