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A man with an addiction to sniffing petrol has been banned from every Asda store after being caught cutting fuel pump pipes.
Brian Taylor, 36, has also been banned from going within 15 metres of any filling station on Teesside.
Taylor terrorised supermarket staff and customers after sniffing petrol and cutting pipes at Asda in the South Bank area and dancing around the forecourt.
Teesside Magistrates Court heard customers had been soaked in petrol.
Cleveland Police and Redcar and Cleveland Council applied for an Anti-Social Behaviour Order (Asbo) which was granted at Teesside Magistrates' Court on Thursday.
Taylor, of no fixed address, was also banned from carrying petrol in a public place for the duration of the four-year order.
Supermarket CCTV footage caught him in the act and police believe he could have been responsible for around 50 incidents in the last two years.
Sgt Bryan Tams said: "The major concern is that when he has been cutting the pipes, customers have not noticed the cut and some have been soaked in petrol.
"There were obvious dangers involved in his actions and a risk to safety.
"We have concerns for his own health and are trying to find ways of addressing his addiction to petrol which doesn't get him into trouble."
The judge also recommended he quit smoking.
Brian Taylor, 36, has also been banned from going within 15 metres of any filling station on Teesside.
Taylor terrorised supermarket staff and customers after sniffing petrol and cutting pipes at Asda in the South Bank area and dancing around the forecourt.
Teesside Magistrates Court heard customers had been soaked in petrol.
Cleveland Police and Redcar and Cleveland Council applied for an Anti-Social Behaviour Order (Asbo) which was granted at Teesside Magistrates' Court on Thursday.
Taylor, of no fixed address, was also banned from carrying petrol in a public place for the duration of the four-year order.
Supermarket CCTV footage caught him in the act and police believe he could have been responsible for around 50 incidents in the last two years.
Sgt Bryan Tams said: "The major concern is that when he has been cutting the pipes, customers have not noticed the cut and some have been soaked in petrol.
"There were obvious dangers involved in his actions and a risk to safety.
"We have concerns for his own health and are trying to find ways of addressing his addiction to petrol which doesn't get him into trouble."
The judge also recommended he quit smoking.
