Hastings man jailed after sending message one day after being given a court restraining order

A man who defied a court restraining order just one day after it was imposed has been sent to prison according to a court document.
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Clive Griffiths, 25, of Chiltern Drive, Hastings, indicated a plea of guilty to being in breach of a court restraining order by attending an address and sending messages.

He pleaded guilty to being in breach of a suspended sentence, made by an earlier court, for assault by beating.

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He was jailed for 16 weeks. Magistrates said ‘the reason for the sentence was that messages were sent within one day of the restraining order being imposed’.