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A persistent Thanet thief has been banned from shops in Margate after police obtained a court order to protect local businesses. Diana Mikova, 27, formerly from an address in Margate, was jailed for 39 weeks for vehicle interference and assault in December 2024.

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To prevent further offending following her release, Kent Police then brought an application for a Criminal Behaviour Order (CBO) before Magistrates’ on 9 January 2025. The three-year order was granted, banning Mikova from touching or entering vehicles without the owner’s permission, or being in possession of any bank card which is not in her name.

After hearing of numerous previous charges and convictions for shoplifting offences, the court also included terms banning Mikova from College Walk and Boots in Margate, and Tesco in Northdown Road, Cliftonville.

PC Michelle Sherwood said:

‘I am pleased Mikova’s latest sentence will give the people of Margate, and the town’s businesses, a break from her offending.

‘I hope this court order encourages her to mend her ways when she is released from prison. But if she does not, we will use the order to bring her back before the courts, where she could be returned to prison.’

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