Steven Betts, 46, regularly targeted stores in the city centre to steal cans of the deodorant
A serial shoplifter dubbed ‘the Lynx thief’ after his prolific theft of deodorants to feed his solvent abuse has been given a five-year ban from Leeds city centre.
He was charged with a total of seven theft from shop offences, two counts of common assault, assaulting an emergency worker and criminal damage. Betts, aged 46, of Cross Green Crescent, Cross Green, admitted the offences and was sentenced to 25 weeks in prison when he appeared at Leeds Magistrates Court on Friday, August 25.
Following an application by specialist anti-social behaviour link officer PC Phil Underdown, from Leeds Anti-Social Behaviour Team, magistrates also imposed a five-year Criminal Behaviour Order which includes an exclusion from the city centre on his release from prison. Any breach of the order means he commits a criminal offence and can be arrested and prosecuted and could receive a further prison sentence. Inspector Natasha Tierney, who heads the Leeds City Neighbourhood Policing Team, said: “Betts’ prolific offending has had a very significant negative impact on staff at several city centre businesses.
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