A ONE-MAN crime wave is behind bars after he committed a string of burglaries and theft offences in Newport.

Among Alexander Maloney’s crimes was a break-in at McDonald’s on Cardiff Road where he stole from the staff room a handbag, iPhone, bank cards and driving licence worth £550 on August 7.

The 38-year-old also took a 55-inch television valued at £349 during a burglary at Asda in Duffryn 11 days later and two plasma TVs worth £698 in another raid there on August 22.

The insatiable Maloney stole a £500 e-bike from KFC at the Leeway Industrial Estate in Spytty and goods worth £104.45 from Spar on Bassaleg Road.

He pleaded guilty to a raft of offences including an attempted burglary at Castle Bingo on Usk Way on August 23.

The defendant has “a flagrant disregard for court orders” and a history of committing similar offences, Newport magistrates were told.

Maloney, of Cormorant Way, Duffryn, Newport was jailed for 12 months.

He was also made the subject of a three-year criminal behaviour order (CBO).

The defendant is banned from many parts of Newport including McDonald’s on Cardiff Road, Asda in Duffryn and Castle Bingo on Usk Way.

PC Claire Drayton, crime and disorder reduction officer from the Newport neighbourhood policing team, said: “This three-year CBO is a major achievement for everyone involved.

"Maloney's chaotic lifestyle has led to his offending and we know this order will be welcomed by those businesses affected by his offending and he will also receive support to help him change his ways."

The conditions of the CBO state that Maloney must:

1) Not enter Sainsbury's, Albany Street store in Newport,
2) Not enter any Tesco store in Newport,
3) Not attend Castle Bingo, Usk Way, Newport,
4) Not enter Asda, Pencarn Way, Newport,
5) Not enter McDonalds, Cardiff Road, Newport,
6) Not enter B&M Bargains, Maesglas Industrial Estate, Newport,
7) Not enter Spar, Bassaleg Road, Newport,
8) Not enter Co-Operative Store, Tregwilym Road, Rogerstone,
9) Not enter One Beyond, John Frost Square, Newport,
10) Not enter Dunelm, South Walk, Cwmbran,
11) Not enter Bus depot, Corporation Road, Newport,
12) Not enter Leeway Industrial Estate, Newport.

If Maloney breaches any of the conditions above, he will be committing a criminal offence and could face arrest and, if found guilty, may be fined, sentenced to imprisonment, or both.