These are five people that are currently banned from setting foot in Manchester City Centre. All have been convicted of criminal offences such as drug-dealing, violence or theft.
And in each case heard before Manchester’s courts, Greater Manchester Police and their partners at Manchester City Council have secured a Criminal Behaviour Order (CBO) against them.
The CBOs are used to target the most persistent anti-social offenders, apart from the usual punishments handed out by courts. READ MORE: Man jailed after police notice teddy bear 'breathing' It means on top of their sentence, the individual also faces additional restrictions that can last for an indefinite period if they are adults, or for up to three years for under 18s.
These can ban them from a defined geographical area, and in these cases, each can be arrested for simply being in the city centre, typically defined by the area within the inner ring road.
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