{"id":97473,"date":"2025-05-13T07:39:10","date_gmt":"2025-05-13T07:39:10","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/97473\/"},"modified":"2025-05-13T07:39:10","modified_gmt":"2025-05-13T07:39:10","slug":"birmingham-bullring-shoplifting-menace-struck-12-times-using-same-basic-method","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/97473\/","title":{"rendered":"Birmingham Bullring shoplifting menace struck 12 times using same basic method"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Drug addict Sulaiman Kamara targeted Boots, Claire&#8217;s, Holland &amp; Barrett, The Perfume Shop and HMV<img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/05\/0_GPY_BEM_240618suncity_145JPG.jpg\" alt=\"The entrance to the Bullring shopping centre in Birmingham \" loading=\"eager\"  \/>The entrance to the Bullring shopping centre in Birmingham <\/p>\n<p class=\"Paragraph_paragraph-text__PVKlh \">A menace shoplifter who stuck a dozen times in the Bullring has been jailed.<\/p>\n<p class=\"Paragraph_paragraph-text__PVKlh \">Sulaiman Kamara targeted Boots in the <a class=\"TextLink_text-link__dBSS0 TextLink_enabled__dJF3l\" href=\"https:\/\/www.birminghammail.co.uk\/all-about\/bullring\" target=\"_self\" aria-label=\"\" tabindex=\"0\" rel=\"noopener\">shopping centre<\/a> multiple times as well as Claire&#8217;s, Holland &amp; Barrett, The Perfume Shop and HMV.<\/p>\n<p class=\"Paragraph_paragraph-text__PVKlh \">The 34-year-old also broke into DFS in <a class=\"TextLink_text-link__dBSS0 TextLink_enabled__dJF3l\" href=\"https:\/\/www.birminghammail.co.uk\/all-about\/balsall-heath\" target=\"_self\" aria-label=\"\" tabindex=\"0\" rel=\"noopener\">Balsall Heath<\/a> and The Botanist near the city centre canals.<\/p>\n<p class=\"Paragraph_paragraph-text__PVKlh \"><strong class=\"Strong_strong__e2x35\">READ MORE: <a class=\"TextLink_text-link__dBSS0 TextLink_enabled__dJF3l\" href=\"https:\/\/www.birminghammail.co.uk\/black-country\/burglar-bernie-went-rampage-birmingham-31598758\" target=\"_self\" aria-label=\"\" tabindex=\"0\" rel=\"noopener\">Burglar &#8216;Bernie&#8217; went on rampage using old plumber trick after fleeing jail<\/a><\/strong><\/p>\n<p class=\"Paragraph_paragraph-text__PVKlh \">He was jailed for nine months at <a class=\"TextLink_text-link__dBSS0 TextLink_enabled__dJF3l\" href=\"https:\/\/www.birminghammail.co.uk\/all-about\/birmingham-crown-court\" target=\"_self\" aria-label=\"\" tabindex=\"0\" rel=\"noopener\">Birmingham Crown Court<\/a> after pleading guilty to 12 charges of theft and two of burglary.<\/p>\n<p class=\"Paragraph_paragraph-text__PVKlh \">The shoplifting spree took place between August last year and this February.<\/p>\n<p class=\"Paragraph_paragraph-text__PVKlh \">Prosecutor Maninder Chaggar said: &#8220;The defendant&#8217;s mode of operating was exactly the same on each occasion.<\/p>\n<p class=\"Paragraph_paragraph-text__PVKlh \">&#8220;He is seen on CCTV walking into the store, selecting items from the shelves and concealing them in a shopping bag and walking out of the store without offering payment.&#8221;<\/p>\n<p class=\"Paragraph_paragraph-text__PVKlh \">Kamara was arrested on February 13 after raiding HMV for the second time in a matter of days, grabbing two sets of turnstiles only to be caught by security.<\/p>\n<p class=\"Paragraph_paragraph-text__PVKlh \">Prior to that he burgled DFS in Balsall Heath in December by smashing his way in through the windows shortly after midnight and stealing three lamps.<\/p>\n<p class=\"Paragraph_paragraph-text__PVKlh \">In January he forced open a rear door at The Botanist on Gas Street and stole \u00a3250-worth of alcohol.<\/p>\n<p class=\"Paragraph_paragraph-text__PVKlh \">Kamara, of Warwick Passage in <a class=\"TextLink_text-link__dBSS0 TextLink_enabled__dJF3l\" href=\"https:\/\/www.birminghammail.co.uk\/all-about\/birmingham-city-centre\" target=\"\" aria-label=\"\" tabindex=\"0\" rel=\"noopener\">Birmingham city centre<\/a>, had 18 previous convictions for 38 offences including escaping lawful custody, burglary, stealing, possessing an imitation firearm, criminal damage and possessing drugs.<\/p>\n<p class=\"Paragraph_paragraph-text__PVKlh \">Georgina Ellis, defending, said: &#8220;Quite clearly he has been addicted to class A drugs for a number of years.&#8221;<\/p>\n<p class=\"Paragraph_paragraph-text__PVKlh \">She said he had abstained from taking drugs since being remanded into custody.<\/p>\n<p class=\"Paragraph_paragraph-text__PVKlh \">Judge Simon Ash KC acknowledged Kamara had also been homeless at the time.<\/p>\n<p class=\"Paragraph_paragraph-text__PVKlh \">He said: &#8220;Appropriate punishment can only be achieved by immediate custody.<\/p>\n<p class=\"Paragraph_paragraph-text__PVKlh \">&#8220;There is a history of poor compliance with court orders.<\/p>\n<p class=\"Paragraph_paragraph-text__PVKlh \">&#8220;In my judgement there is no reasonable prospect of rehabilitation.<\/p>\n<p class=\"Paragraph_paragraph-text__PVKlh \">&#8220;I&#8217;m satisfied it is not appropriate to suspend the sentence.<\/p>\n<p class=\"Paragraph_paragraph-text__PVKlh \">&#8220;If you manage to remain drug-free then the position in relation to whether there&#8217;s a realistic prospect of rehabilitation may well change in the future.&#8221;<\/p>\n<p class=\"Paragraph_paragraph-text__PVKlh \">Kamara was told he would serve up to 40 per cent of his sentence before being elligible for release.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"Drug addict Sulaiman Kamara targeted Boots, Claire&#8217;s, Holland &amp; 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