Thief ordered to stay out of Leicester city centre car parks
A thief with a 15-year criminal record has been ordered to stay out of car parks in Leicester city centre for three years.
Kevin Sidney Brown, who has racked up almost 50 convictions, faces jail if he enters any public or private car park in the Castle and Spinney Hills council wards between now and 2016.
Police obtained the criminal anti-social behaviour order (Crasbo) against the 36-year-old in an effort to limit his opportunities to steal from cars.
The three-year order has been triggered after he was released from his latest prison sentence for stealing from cars.
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Posters highlighting the terms of the order and including his photograph are now being placed in car parks in the two areas.
Police said Brown has 48 previous convictions, mostly for thefts. His criminal record dates back to 1998.
Brown has also been banned from both areas between 9pm and midnight for the next six months.
Officers said they could return to court to vary or widen the terms of the order if they uncover evidence of Smith targeting other areas.
Pc Horatio Wright, a city centre officer who put the application to the court, said: "Kevin Brown is a prolific offender who has targeted the city centre for some time, with a history of theft from unattended motor vehicles.
"As a team we worked hard to deter him from his usual offending habits, but unfortunately time after time he continued to cause our community harm.
"I now hope that Brown will understand the impact of what he has done and change his ways."
Motorist Chris Jackson, 48, from Aylestone said: "This sounds like a good idea to me.
"This man is obviously well known to the police, so they will be watching him wherever he goes.
"Having his photograph on posters will also help members of the public report him if he tries it on."
Brown has lived in Leicester and Lincolnshire.
His most recent address at a court hearing was given as the headquarters of homeless charity Nomad Trust, in Monks Road, Lincoln.
Councillor Sarah Russell, assistant city mayor with responsibility for community safety, said: "I would encourage people to work with the police to make sure that this order works and this man is stopped from causing misery for motorists.
"They should call the police if they see him breaching his order and the police will deal with him."
Sgt Nicola Preston, deputy commander of city centre police, said: "We need the public's support to help us enforce the conditions of Brown's Crasbo by letting us know if they believe he has broken his terms.
"Crasbos are designed to stop offenders returning to their old ways on release from prison.
"We are determined to try and stop his criminal behaviour."
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by DonHenson
Tuesday, March 12 2013, 2:08AM
“And just in case you still miss it, here it is:
"The three-year order has been triggered after he was released from his latest prison sentence for stealing from cars."”
by DonHenson
Tuesday, March 12 2013, 2:05AM
“Amazing that so few have read the whole article: he has just come out of prison. You can't sentence him for something he hasn't done yet but putting people on the alert "may" deter him. Short of having an officer on his shoulder every waking minute, what else do you expect?”
by Kohelet
Monday, March 11 2013, 9:26PM
“Yes georgethe fish and we have in the past read one or two comments by you on muslims and sharia law”
by Graham_LE8
Monday, March 11 2013, 7:47PM
“@ telephone7; Quote: "This man is the product of the Human Rights Act"...
Wrong!... the Human Rights Act has nothing to do with the fact that this bloke is a dyed in the wool miscreant. I doubt very much if even if (as most commentors suggest) he was incarcerated for a very long time that his basic mindset would change, and upon his release he'd simply return to his criminal ways.
Now perhaps if in future the Police were to give out his address to everyone who had their car broken into, he might get the message after answering his door to a 'bunch of fives' for the next twelve months...”
by georgeisafish
Monday, March 11 2013, 7:43PM
“the regular readers will know my solution to the problem. stoning.”
by lcfcgood
Monday, March 11 2013, 7:07PM
“by telephone, you are proberbly a very nice person, but you miss the point.... he is a criminal, and should be punished...WHATEVER the cost.”
by telephone7
Monday, March 11 2013, 6:34PM
“Why is everyone red ticking my last comment? This man is the product of the Human Rights Act, we can even punish our prisoners, the sofly softly approach does not work. By Leic-ester, you are too right that crime pays. If he gets away with it he has won, if he gets caughts and goes to prison (holiday camp) he has won as everything is free at our expense with no compulsory work, this man is laughing at us playing the system. History will prove that until we abolish this wicked law we will have to put up with a conveyor belt of career criminals like this, and we the tax payer will fund them. This man will not stop.”
by lcfcgood
Monday, March 11 2013, 3:43PM
“i know what i would do, sack the judges ,the human rights bods,solicitors......and bang him up for years with no privilages.”
by leic-star
Monday, March 11 2013, 2:13PM
“50 convictions and he is still roaming the streets?
Looks like crime does pay after all.”
by telephone7
Monday, March 11 2013, 12:07PM
“Is everyone forgetting about his human rights:
Article 2: Right to Life
Article 5: Right to Liberty
Article 8: Right to privacy
This man has rights under this law, and under Article 8 he has a right to family life. Next time you lot vote for Labour, conservative and Liberal Democrat, this is was you are voting for. Imagine the cost of putting him through the policing, judicial and social services process each time, cost us millions.”