A convicted shoplifter has been banned from a number of shops in Horsham for two years.

Horsham Magistrates issued a criminal behaviour order on 50 year old Said Bahaji after he pleaded guilty to shoplifting in Topshop in the town in August.

Magistrates heard that he had been convicted of ten other shoplifting offences already in 2016.

Bahaji has been ordered not to engage in, or encourage others to cause any anti social behaviour, that is likely to cause people harassment, alarm or distress.

He is also banned from entering a number of shops in Horsham and will be arrested if he breaches any part of the order.