A shoplifter who repeatedly stole from stores despite being banned from entering the town centre has been sent back to jail after he was found with a carpet knife. Gerard McGuiness, of no fixed address, had been issued with a Community Protection Notice (CPN) on January 26 after repeated reports of antisocial behaviour in Whitstable and being drunk in public. The notice issued by the police prohibited him from entering the town centre or causing a nuisance. Despite this, McGuiness continued to steal from shops in the town and was arrested, charged and jailed for 150 days in February this year….