A man has been jailed after he was found drunk in public – breaching the terms of a court order.
Mark Clark, 53, was made the subject of a three-year Criminal Behaviour Order last month following work by the Copeland Neighbourhood Policing Team and crown prosecutors.
Clark, of no fixed address, was told at North and West Cumbria Magistrates’ Court at the time that he must comply with a string of restrictions.
But Clark breached the order twice in July, when he was drunk in public in George Street and Scotch Street in Whitehaven.
He appeared before Workington’s magistrates’ court where he admitted two breaches of the order.
He was jailed for eight months.
After the sentencing, Inspector Richard Smillie said: “Orders such as those imposed on Clark are intended to protect the community and businesses.
“Once he breaks an order such as this it immediately puts him at risk of a custodial sentence – and being taken off our streets.
“He breached this and thanks to the work of the Crown Prosecution Service and the neighbourhood policing team he is now in prison.
“We will continue to work to protect the community from people such as Clark.”
