On November 11, also at Tesco, Coverdale took a wooden bat out of his trousers when he was confronted by a security guard at 11.45pm. On another occasion at the same store on January 23, he was carrying a hammer while stealing alcohol and raised it above his head as though he was going to hit a security guard with it.
Family of Clair Armstrong put through 'torture' of hearing how she died. Man, 18, 'punched to the floor' by stranger in Beverley attack. He was stealing five bottles of alcohol but, when he was confronted, he said: "What bottles? I have got nothing." Read More Related Articles He targeted supermarkets and shops in Goole, including Tesco in Boothferry Road four times and Old Goole Cooperative in Swinefleet Road twice, as well as Lidl in Rawcliffe Road, Iceland in Boothferry Road and Farmfoods in North Street, Goole.Ĭoverdale pulled a 12-inch knife out of his trousers and held it towards a sales assistant during one theft at Tesco at 11pm on January 19. Read more: Ex-estate agent turns neighbour from hell as he beats up man and ruins his BMWĬoverdale, 33, of Grange Road, Goole, admitted nine offences of theft and three of possessing offensive weapons during a long-running theft spree between August 29 and January 23. He had a knife with him during one shoplifting offence, a hammer during another and a wooden bat during a third.Ĭoverdale must have targeted every supermarket in Goole over the years but the shops would now get a "significant break" from his repeated thefts, Hull Crown Court heard. 
Heavy drinker Elliot Coverdale downed a bottle of vodka a day and he sometimes took weapons with him during his thieving missions to "warn off" anyone who confronted him.
A notorious serial thief, who was such a menace in Goole that everyone knew him and was on "high alert" whenever he turned up, has been jailed to give local people and shops some welcome respite from his antics.
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