Young woman, 21, jailed after she's seen walking into popular shopping centre

13 November 2023 , 18:21

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Police say Charlotte Sheriff is a repeat offender (Image: South Yorkshire Police)

A young woman has been jailed for entering a shopping centre - after she had previously verbally abused the security staff.

Charlotte Sheriff, 21, was barred from the shopping centre due to persistent antisocial behaviour, but was caught in breach of the order. She was given the criminal behaviour order after causing trouble at Frenchgate Shopping Centre, Doncaster - as well as at Doncaster Interchange and Doncaster railway station.

Sheriff, of Cross Street, New Rossington, was arrested after being seen entering the shopping centre where she had abused the staff - and admitted breaching the order. The young woman has now been jailed for six weeks.

Doncaster Central Neighbourhood Policing Team officer Hannah Cowling said they are aiming to “stamp out” antisocial behaviour, including with “persistent” offenders such as Sheriff. She says the aim is to create a “welcoming” place for people to live.

Sheriff allegedly abused staff at Frenchgate shopping centre (Shutterstock / Michael715)

"We want our city centre to be a safe and welcoming place for people to live, visit, work and shop, and in order to have that we want to stamp out antisocial behaviour. Sheriff's offending was so persistent and troublesome she was given a CBO and after breaching the terms of that order, she was swiftly arrested by officers,” she continued according to ITV.

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And PC Cowling believes the seriousness of criminal behaviour orders should not be underestimated. "CBOs are only served on the most serious and persistent antisocial individuals,” she said, “and the fact Sheriff is now in jail shows just how severely breaches of them are seen in a court of law."

CBOs are the replacement for anti-social behaviour orders (ASBOs), which were abolished by the Cameron government in 2014 after the introduction of the Anti-Social Behaviour, Crime and Policing Act 2014. The 2010 coalition government aimed to reform the ASBO system, stating that “breach rates are high, and the number issued has been steadily declining since 2005”.

The discretion in CBO is wide ranging, with the power to prohibit the offender from anything which is described in the order, or to force the offender to do anything described in the order. But for it to be made, the court must first rule that the offender was behind behaviour which caused or could have caused harassment, alarm or distress to anyone.

Alex Croft