A PROLIFIC offender has been banned from being drunk in a public place.

Clive Mayhew has been given a Criminal Behaviour Order following a period of persistent offending in Worthing.

The two-year order comes after the 60-year-old breached his previous Community Protection Notice nine times.

He is now banned from being in possession of any open containers of alcohol in any public place in West Sussex, except licensed premises.

Among the list of other prohibitions, Mayhew must not be drunk or in a state of drunkenness in any public place in West Sussex and not behave in any way causing or likely to cause harassment, alarm or distress to any person.

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PCSO Ann-Marie Rushworth, of the Adur and Worthing Neighbourhood Policing Team, said: “We are delighted to have obtained this Criminal Behaviour Order for Clive Mayhew.

“Mayhew has been causing antisocial behaviour for a long period of time in the West Sussex area, particularly in Worthing.

“Hopefully this order will help to protect the community and prevent him from further offending.”

The order was applied for by Sussex Police and imposed by Worthing Magistrates’ Court on January 12.