Colin Poole A SHOPLIFTER who stole nearly £200 of chocolate from a convenience store has been jailed. Colin Poole pinched £180 of chocolate bars from the Co-op on Hale Road in Widnes during two visits on Friday, January 29. The 39-year-old also took meat worth £101 from a shop on Fir Park the following day. He had been handed a criminal behaviour order by a court only days earlier, which banned the persistent thief from entering any Co-op store in the town. Poole, of no fixed address, admitted three counts of thefts and breaching a CBO at Warrington Magistrates Court on Monday, February 1, and was handed 24 weeks behind bars.
A MAN who stole £180 worth of chocolate on two shoplifting sprees at a store in Chester has been jailed. Colin Poole, 39, of no fixed address carried out the thefts at the shop he had been banned from entering. The chocolate was taken during two visits to the Co-op store on Hale Road in Widnes on Friday, January 29. Just four days earlier a five-year Criminal Behaviour Order (CBO) was imposed on Poole, banning the persistent shoplifter from entering any Co-op store in Widnes and concealing items prior to payment at any retail premises in Cheshire. Poole also stole £101 worth of meat from a convenience store in the Fir Park area of Widnes on Saturday, January 30.
Twenty eighth Suzuki Coast to Coast hugely enjoyed
16 Dec, 2020 04:30 PM
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Pic 3: BTG211220CC3 Caption: Some of the 282 bikes on the ride.
Pic 4: BTG211220CC4 Caption: Dad and daughter Colin Poole and Sarah Rowe (in hi-viz) with Alex, Kate and Eva Rowe as support.
By Dave Murdoch
Fractionally late for the Woodville Christmas Parade, the Suzuki Coast to Coast rode into town still in time to be admired by the large crowd.
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The riders could be excused for dallying as the weather was sunny and warm but the occasional gust forced them to be wary of cuttings and ridge tops.
POLICE in Widnes are appealing to the public in their attempts to locate a wanted man. Colin Poole, of no fixed abode, is sought on recall to prison in connection with a number of shoplifting offences. Anyone who spots the 39-year-old is asked to call police on 101. A spokesman for Cheshire Police said: “Officers from Widnes have issued an appeal to the public to help locate a man wanted on recall to prison. “Colin Poole, 39, who is of no fixed abode, is wanted in connection with a number of shoplifting offences. “Anyone who sees Poole is urged to contact Cheshire Police on 101.”