A 48-year-old has been jailed after pleading guilty to multiple thefts as well as breaching a criminal behaviour order.

Nrender Biriah, of no fixed address, attempted to steal bottles of spirits worth more than £140 from Asda in Thames Way, Gravesend, on January 22.

He also took groceries and other items valued at around £220 from Iceland in Overcliffe during the following two days.

Biriah was arrested and taken into custody on January 24.

He was then charged by officers from the North Kent Victim Based Crime Team with three counts of theft and five breaches of a criminal behaviour order.

Biriah denied all of the charges during his first appearance at Medway Magistrates’ Court on January 26.

However, he changed his plea to guilty at a hearing at the same court on Friday (February 2).

He was sentenced to 42 weeks in prison for the offences.

DS Chris Ellingham said: "This prolific thief has shown a complete disregard for the criminal justice system by breaching a criminal behaviour order imposed on him by the courts multiple times.

"He persistently targets businesses in Gravesend and local officers respond quickly to reports from shop workers when he has committed crimes in the town.

"Should he continue to offend when he is eventually released from prison, it will only be a matter of time before he is back behind bars."