Shoplifting menace is barred from every Wigan retail outlet

Malcolm Ellison, whom magistrates say has an appalling track record for theft, had appeared before them againto admit stealing £20 worth of washing machine pods from B&M Bargains on September 14.

The 56-year-old of Keats Avenue in Worsley Mesnes, has now been been hit with a year-long criminal behaviour order bannng him from the Ashton's Gerard Centre in particular and any retail outlet in the Wigan area in general.

The order also prohibits him from putting anyone in fear of violence in the Wigan area.

He was also given a six-month conditional discharge and must pay £110 in costs and a victim services surcharge.