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Shoplifter given stores ban after 'atrocious' spree
Somerset Guardian
|May 01, 2025
A Trowbridge man who was caught shoplifting from seven shops and was “threatening towards members of staff” has been banned from entering them.
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Mark Parker, of no fixed abode, is now banned from B&M in Chippenham amongst other stores for two years after continuing to shoplift after he was charged in February.
Parker, appeared at Salisbury Magistrates' Court after pleading guilty to numerous “atrocious” shoplifting offences in February.
This story is from the May 01, 2025 edition of Somerset Guardian.
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