A “persistent” shoplifter who stole from multiple stores in Harold Hill has been banned from entering certain areas for a year.
Candilee Farey, 29, was reportedly arrested on several occasions since October last year for theft and shoplifting offences at Sainsbury’s, Co-op and the Card Factory store in Farnham Road, Harold Hill.
She had also failed to appear at many court hearings, according to the Met Police.
Officers from Heaton Safer Neighbourhoods team secured a Criminal Behaviour Order (CBO) for Farey on March 6 that prohibits her from entering areas between Gooshays Drive, Hilldene Avenue, Chippenham Road, West Dene Drive and Dartfields for a year.
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The order is said to be an outcome of Met Police’s Clear Hold Build initiative in Harold Hill where the local police team met with Farnham Road Shopkeepers Association who had raised concerns about a rise in shoplifting in the area.
A spokesperson for the force revealed: “Building up an intelligence picture of offences being committed in Farnham Road, Candilee Farey was identified as being a regular suspect for these offences.
“The police team worked hard to win the trust of the community to come forward and provide statements documenting her offending”.
Officers, the spokesperson added, worked collaboratively with Havering Council to secure the CBO, and then with the Crown Prosecution Service, Probation Service and CGL to have Farey seek help with her addictions to manage future offending.
Inspector Charlie Routley, tactical lead for Clear Hold Build initiative in Harold Hill said Farey’s brazen shoplifting had led to shop workers and residents feeling unsafe.
He added: “I thank our key partners at the London Borough of Havering for their continued support with Clear Hold Build.
“Together we are committed to making Harold Hill a safer place to live and work and we will continue to target those offenders who come to Farnham Road solely for the purpose of committing criminal offences”.
Councillor Ray Morgon, Leader of Havering Council, called the outcome a “great example” of partnership work between the Council, the Police and other entities to keep the residents safe.
He said: “We know the negative impact crime such as shoplifting has not only on our local businesses, but on the whole of the community.
“This (CBO) sends out a clear message that we won’t tolerate such criminal behaviour and will strive to take the strongest action”.
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