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Why one man has been banned from every Greggs in the country

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A man has been banned from stepping foot into every Greggs in England and Wales after being caught stealing.

Patrick Verry, 33, was seen stuffing cold drinks bottles into a plastic bag – but this was just one of six offence in the Wood Green High Road branch in north London.

Footage from a police camera shows officers catching him in the act and tackling him to the ground outside the store as he attempted to escape.

The incident happened on March 15 and comes just days before Greggs announced plans to move refrigerated sandwiches and drinks behind the counter in an effort to tackle such crime.

This man has been banned from every Greggs in the country Patrick Verry being banned from every Greggs in the UK
The shoplifter was caught red-handed (Picture: Met Police)

The chain is trialling the measure in Whitechapel, Peckham and Ilford – all locations it claims are ‘exposed to higher levels of anti-social behaviour’.

Verry, who pleaded guilty to six counts of theft from the same store, is not the only man to have just been barred from a major high street retailer.

One shoplifter will no longer step foot inside a Sainsbury’s, Boots and Co-op in England and Wales after stealing more than £2,500 worth of goods.

Winston Wright, 44, pleaded guilty to eight counts of shoplifting and one count of commercial burglary at the beginning of May.

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He was slapped with a Criminal Behaviour Order which bans him from entering any Sainsbury’s, Boots and Co-op in England and Wales for three years.

Wright was also jailed for three months, fined £200 and forbidden from entering the Greenwich for three years.

The Met Police’s retail crime chief Rav Pathania said these measures were one part of a broader crackdown.

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He added: ‘The Met is focused on tackling the most prolific shoplifters like Wright and Verry. They cause fear to retail workers and their offending has a negative impact on communities.

‘We continue to work with local business owners to investigate reports of shoplifting, understand concerns and use different tactics to crackdown, including targeted operations and regular patrols.’

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Staff at the Greggs Store in Leicester Square have been on high alert and have hired a security guard (Picture: Getty Images)

Greggs is one of the high street chains worst affected by shoplifting.

The bakery store appeared in a top five list of retailers hit by shoplifting and theft in the West Midlands, alongside ALDI, Tesco, ASDA and One Stop.

Things had become so out of hand in one London store they were even chained their drinks cabinet shut with a padlock.

The scourge of shoplifters also led to the company’s flagship store in Leicester Square hiring a security guard last year.

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