A REPEAT offender from Crewe has been slapped with a five-year Criminal Behaviour Order.

Amanda Lee has been ordered not to have alcohol in a specific town centre area as well as refrain from using abusive language and intimidating people with a dog.

The order was imposed on the 50-year-old, of Mount Pleasant by South Cheshire Magistrates' Court yesterday (Monday).

Lee has 15 convictions between 1996 to 2018 for offences including anti-social behaviour, harassment, public order offences and abusing the 999 system.

The order was applied for by local officers in the centre of Crewe in a bid to curb her offending ways.

She is banned from having alcohol in an exclusion zone bordered by Vernon Way, West Street, Hightown, Browning St, Richard Moon St, Flag Lane, Dunwoody Way and Oak St.

As well as curbs on her language and behaviour, she is prohibited from contacting police on 999 or 101 or by any means without a genuine reason.

She has also been told not to "urinate or defecate in any open space, public or private" and not to enter Preece Court.

P.C Alex Barker, of the Crewe Beat Management Team, said: "Lee's attitude and behaviour has been ongoing since the 1990s and she has been convicted numerous times for incidents that impacts greatly on residents.

"She has persistently shown no consideration at all for the actions her offending has had on others. There comes a point when you have to say enough is enough and take additional action to protect the community and businesses in the area."

If she breaches the order the sanctions could extend to a maximum penalty of five years in prison.

Cheshire Police said anyone who encounters Lee breaching the terms of her order is asked to report it by ringing 101.

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