Pictured: Shoplifter with 137 convictions banned from TEN shopping areas
A prolific shoplifter with 137 convictions will be banned from 10 shopping areas in the Black Country and Birmingham when he is freed from prison.
Raphael Scarlett's shocking rap sheet includes a whopping 85 convictions for theft and dishonesty. He has now been slapped with a criminal behaviour order which bars him from shops in Sandwell, Dudley, Wolverhampton, Walsall and Birmingham. Scarlett's latest conviction came at Wolverhampton Crown Court on June 17.
West Bromwich town centre
Oldbury town centre
Axletree Way, Wednesbury
Windmill Lane Retail Park, Smethwick
One Stop Shop in Horseley Road, Tipton
Morrisons on the Black Country Route, Bilston
Great Bridge shopping area in Tipton
Co-operative Food in High Holborn Road, Sedgley
Tesco Express in Kent Street, Dudley
TK Maxx at the Bullring in Birmingham.
He was spotted stealing £69 worth of coffee and chocolate at B&M in Axletree Way, Wednesbury, on April 20 this year.
The court heard how Scarlett grabbed a pair of scissors when he saw them on a desk after being taken to the security office of the store. He then pressed the scissors against the guard's throat before fleeing on a bike, but was stopped by the guard and detained.He was ordered not to harass, alarm or cause distress to anyone and not to enter the zones specified. Exclusion zone conditions were relaxed so that Scarlett can go to his probation office, the police station, doctor's surgeries or hospitals.
He will be banned for two years and six months from the shopping areas upon his release from prison.
A condition initially touted to ban him from using razor blades was withdrawn.
Scarlett, of Grenville Drive, Smethwick, is currently serving a one year and 10 month sentence after being convicted of affray and theft at Wolverhampton Crown Court in June this year.
Recorder James Steel QC told Scarlett at Birmingham Crown Court on Tuesday: "You must not cause harass, alarm or cause distress to anyone. You also must not enter any of the exclusion zones as specified.
"You are not to enter any of the shops without the means to pay for the goods you wish to take away.
"If you breach any of the conditions you will be brought before the court again and appropriately punished."
