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A Peterborough woman has been jailed after repeatedly stealing from the same Co-op store while banned from entering any branch of the chain. Michelle Blades, 43, of Fletton High Street, Peterborough, admitted four counts of shop theft and four breaches of a criminal behaviour order after a series of offences at the Co-op in Columbus Road, Hempsted.
Cambridgeshire Police said she first went to the shop on 6 April and stole Nutella and chocolate eggs worth more than £65, before returning the next day to take more chocolate and a bag of doughnuts. The force said Blades came back for a third consecutive day on 8 April, taking shampoo, conditioner and bodywash without paying. After a two-week gap, she returned again on 24 April and stole more shampoo. Police identified and arrested her two days later.
Blades had been made subject to a two-year criminal behaviour order in February last year, banning her from all Co-op stores. By entering the Hempsted branch, she was repeatedly breaching that court order as well as committing thefts.