00:00A prolific Liverpool shoplifter has become the first person in Merseyside to be fitted
00:06with a GPS tag to monitor his movements. 38-year-old Callan Bennett was jailed for 18 weeks
00:12after being convicted of 27 shop theft offences across the city. He was also given a three-year
00:19criminal behaviour order banning him from named shops and businesses across Merseyside. Police
00:26say the buddy tag will monitor his movements and alert officers if he breaches exclusion
00:31zones or tampers with the device. The technology was piloted by Sussex Police, where operational
00:37data showed shop thefts fell by 65% in two early cases after tags were fitted to offenders.
