A prolific Carlisle thief is starting another jail sentence for a spree of city centre offending.
In December 2022, 30-year-old Kane Queen was made subject of a five-year criminal behaviour order.
It was imposed at Carlisle’s Magistrates’ Court at the request of police in a bid to protect businesses, local residents and also to try and stop Queen offending.
The order banned him from entering city stores and those premises attached to Carlisle’s stopwatch scheme, with a police constable saying at the time that the order was a “useful tool” which placed restrictions on Queen.
But Queen, latterly of Borland Avenue, Carlisle, has breached the order several times, been brought back to court and punished.
And he was back in front of magistrates again after flouting the order and stealing from shops on a number of different dates.
On April 20, after entering the M&S food hall, he stole meat valued at £107.36. On May 12 and May 14, he stole laundry products worth a total of £40.97 from the Home Bargains store.
When he appeared in court, Queen admitted three thefts and three associated breaches of the order. He also pleaded guilty to a further breach which had occurred on May 19 when he entered M&S.
After hearing details about his criminal conduct, and mitigation from a defence lawyer, magistrates jailed Queen for a total of 12 weeks.
They concluded his offending was so serious that only custody could be justified; and also that Queen had shown a flagrant disregard for an order made by the court
