A Chester man has been banned from entering five Chester communities for three years and must also comply with a variety of other extraordinary restrictions.

Jamie Alan Lloyd, 28, has been handed a three-year Criminal Behaviour Order which will prevent him from entering Upton, Boughton, Newton, Kingsway and Vicars Cross.

Police arrested him in November last year in relation to a number of incidents across Chester that 'caused significant upset, distress and a detrimental impact on members of the public'.

After questioning, Lloyd was charged with theft from a motor vehicle, burglary and theft of a pedal cycle and appeared at Chester Magistrates Court last month where he was convicted of all three offences and handed a 20-week prison sentence.

But on Monday (January 4), Cheshire Police and Cheshire West and Chester Council returned to court to give evidence about Lloyd's extensive criminal history and, as a result of this, the judge granted a three-year Criminal Behaviour Order against him.

Lloyd can't have a pedal cycle without proof of ownership

For the next three years, the order prevents Lloyd from entering the Upton, Boughton, Newton, Kingsway and Vicars Cross areas between 7pm and 7am; entering the garden, garage, yard of any private dwelling unless it is a family property or with the expressed consent of the owner; or possessing a pedal cycle without proof of ownership.

He is also forbidden from possessing any power tools, jewellery, electrical goods or games equipment without a valid receipt or where he can show he has the permission of the owner to have or use the item.

Lloyd must also comply with a positive requirement that requires him to engage with the Drug and Alcohol Service, national health and social care provider Turning Point, and engage in a program as directed by the supervising officer of the service.

Lloyd 'rebuffed all offers of help'

Detective Sergeant Nick Henderson, from Chester Local Policing Unit, said: “Lloyd's actions have had a detrimental impact on members of the public, causing them significant upset and distress.

“Despite repeated efforts to stop Lloyd's offending behaviour, he simply rebuffed all offers of help and carried on committing crime, leaving us with no option but to apply for a Criminal Behaviour Order.”

Sam Chapman, CWaC's Community Safety Officer, said: “This order is a preventative order, the conditions of which are designed to stop Lloyd committing offences .

“Lloyd has no consideration at all of the effect his behaviour has on people in Chester and this order is completely necessary to protect the public who have a right to feel safe in their own homes and to protect their own property.”

Anyone who sees Lloyd breaking any of the conditions of his Criminal Behaviour Order is urged to contact Cheshire Police on 101.