Shoplifter who repeatedly headbutted a security guard in Peterborough has been jailed
He's also been ordered to pay compensation to the security guard
Last updated 19th Jul 2024
A 'prolific' shoplifter who repeatedly headbutted a security guard in Peterborough is facing 20 weeks in prison.
22-year-old Joshua Turner of no fixed address stole bottles of alcohol from Morrisons in Walton on July 3rd and when confronted by a security guard swung a bottle towards him and ran out of the shop.
He returned to the supermarket on 8th July and picked up two more bottles of alcohol worth ÂŁ66. The same security guard confronted Turner again, who headbutted him in the face repeatedly and ran out the shop.
At Huntingdon Magistrates court Turner admitted assault, theft and breaching a criminal behaviour order and was also banned from a number of local stores.
Turner has also been ordered to pay ÂŁ150 in compensation to the security guard.
PC Andrew Holland, who investigated, said:
“The assaults that the security guard went through for trying to do his job is awful, and I am glad that this is reflected in Turner receiving a custodial sentence as no one should be made to feel intimidated or fear violence in the workplace.
“Thanks to the greater powers that come with the CBO, we are able to arrest Turner everytime he is found to breach the order and put him back before the courts.”