A MAN has been banned from every post office and TK Maxx store in the country, after admitting two shoplifting incidents.

David Leslie Farrow, aged 33, of South Kinson Drive, Bournemouth, pleaded guilty at Poole Magistrates' Court on Thursday (March 5).

It was reported that at around 3pm on Sunday February 16, a man stole a 30g packet of tobacco from the post office on Bradpole Road.

A further theft was reported at TK Maxx at the Ringwood Road Retail Park at around 6pm the previous day, with items valued at £60 stolen.

Farrow, who was banned from any post office or TK Maxx store in England and Wakes, was also sentenced to 18 weeks in prison, suspended for 18 months.