A BANNED Herefordshire man has been up before the magistrates after he was caught with a woman in his flat.
Kevin Brooke entered a guilty plea to one count of harassment by breach of a restraining order when he appeared before magistrates in Kidderminster in May.
The court heard from prosecutor Melanie Winterflood that the 54-year-old had, without reasonable exucse, breached a restraining order imposed by magistrates in May 2014 on May 23.
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He had been in direct with a woman protected by the order who was in his flat in Ledbury, in breach of the prohibitions of the order, the court heard.
Brooke, of Lawnside Road, Ledbury, was fined £80 for the offence, with magistrates saying that they had taken his guilty plea into account when imposing the penalty.
He was also ordered to pay prosecution costs of £100 and a £32 victim surcharge, which is used to help fund services supporting victims of crime.
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