Days after avoiding jail, he was in Asda helping himself to £500 of booze

New ArticlesCheshire"Hodson is a prolific offender"12:49, 02 Aug 2026Days after avoiding prison time, a shoplifter stole £500 worth of booze from an Asda in Ellesmere Port, Cheshire Live reports.‌Matthew Hodson of Whitby Road, Ellesmere Port, was sentenced to 26 weeks in prison after pleading guilty to four counts of shoplifting and four counts of breaching a Criminal Behaviour Order (CBO).‌The 39-year-old appeared at Chester Magistrates Court on July 28. The court heard how Hodson had earlier appeared in the courtroom on Tuesday 14 July, where he had been sentenced to 12 weeks in prison, suspended for one year, and handed a five-year-CBO for a number of offences in Northwich, including shoplifting.‌Only five days after the original sentencing, on Sunday 19 July, he stole more than £190 wo