A 49-year-old man has been banned from five shops across Crewe for three years after being issued with a Criminal Behaviour Order (CBO).

Andrew Crimes, of no fixed address, but of Crewe, appeared at Crewe Magistrates' Court on Thursday 12 December where he was handed the order following an application by Crewe Beat Management team.

Under the order, Crimes, has been banned from entering several stores within the Crewe area for three years.

Andrew Crimes is banned from Tesco Extra , Vernon Way, and four other stores (Ryan Parker).

These include:

• Tesco Extra on Vernon Way
• Co-Op on Remer Street
• Morrisons on Dunwoody Way
• Morrisons Daily on Gainsborough Road

Crimes, of no fixed address but of Crewe, has also been banned from entering the Queens Park Service Station (Esso) on Victoria Avenue under the order.

Police constable Justin Taylor, of Crewe South beat management, said: "Criminal Behaviour Orders are just one of the many tools we use to deter prolific criminals from repeatedly disrupting our retailers.

"I welcome the issuing of this CBO and I hope this can provide some reassurance to local businessowners and residents that we are doing all we can to deter criminality like this from occurring in our communities."

If anyone does encounters Andrew Crimes breaching the restrictions of his orders, please contact Cheshire Police via the website or call 101 (Cheshire Police).

If anyone does encounters Andrew Crimes breaching the restrictions of his orders, please contact Cheshire Police via the website or call 101.

Alternatively, information can be given anonymously by contacting Crimestoppers on 0800 555 111.

READ MORE: Police search for man, 39 wanted for shoplifting in Crewe.

Free from clickbait, pop-up ads and unwanted surveys, Crewe Nub News is a quality online newspaper for our town.

Subscribe to our FREE weekly newsletter email HERE - just click the 'SIGN UP' button.

Please consider following Crewe Nub News on Facebook or Twitter.