A CONVICTED shoplifter has been banned from entering 12 town centre shops by magistrates.

Unemployed Said Bahaji has been ordered not to enter the Horsham branches of Topshop, Between the Lines, C&H Fabrics, Horsham Business Systems, Pets at Home, TK Maxx, Sharpes Bedrooms, Laura Ashley, Mountain Warehouse, Cancer Research, Co-op (Guildford Road) or any Tesco Express in the town.

The order was made after the 50-year-old was issued with a criminal behaviour order (CBO) after pleaded guilty to shoplifting in Topshop in the town in August.

Magistrates were told Bahaji had been convicted of ten other shoplifting offences already in 2016.

Bahaji, of Burnham Place, Horsham, has also been ordered not to engage in or encourage others to cause any anti-social behaviour that is likely to cause people harassment, alarm or distress.

If either order is breached, Bahaji is subject to arrest.