Shops ban is one last chance for career criminal

A career criminal with more than 250 offences on his record has been freed from prison - but has been banned from three chain stores across West Yorkshire.

- by Nick Frame

Haley burgled Waterstones in Leeds during another crime spree.

Peter Haley stole steaks and other items from two Sainsbury stores and a Coop in Leeds before smashing his way into Waterstones during a late-night burglary.

But the judge at Leeds Crown Court gave him one final chance to prove himself, deferring sentence until December and letting him out of HMP Leeds, where he was being held on remand.