A man who repeatedly harassed his former partner has been banned from Leicestershire.
Karl Adrian James (52) persistently went to his ex-girlfriend's home in Alexander Street, Thurmaston – despite a court order banning him from going within 100 metres of her street or contacting her.
Yesterday, Judge Lynn Tayton QC widened the order to the whole of the county and ordered that James be given a rail travel warrant for a one-way trip to Norfolk.
James, formerly of School Street, Syston, admitted breaching the restraining order on February 7 – within hours of coming out of prison for an earlier breach.
Leicester Crown Court was told by 1pm James was seen slumped near a house wall in Melton Road, Thurmaston, within the banned zone. Police found him "drunk, agitated and aggressive".
He initially said it was not a deliberate breach. However, he later pleaded guilty.
James has been in custody since, but yesterday Judge Tayton was persuaded to set him free after being assured he was moving to Cromer, Norfolk, to live with his father.
As well as the permanent ban, she imposed a nine-month community order and a nine-month 7pm to 7am curfew, monitored by a GPS tag.
She told James: "A restraining order was made on July 27, 2012, when you were imprisoned, and you went on to commit five breaches, the last being in October, when you were also involved in an assault upon your former partner.
"I'm making a new restraining order which means you're not to have any contact with her and you're not to enter the county of Leicestershire.
"You're to go to Norwich today. I don't want you anywhere near this woman and I don't want you in Leicestershire.
"If you carry on like this you'll be going to prison for a considerable time.
"The psychiatric report states that 'should he be able to move away from Leicestershire and start afresh, his risk of reoffending would substantially reduce'.
"My concern is the protection of your ex-partner. I want to impose an order that works."
Ben Gow, prosecuting, said the original order followed domestic problems. On December 17, 2012, James was jailed for four months for breaching the order.
The following March, he was sent to prison for 20 weeks for another breach, after he went to the ex-partner's home.
In June 2013, he was sentenced to 10 months for two breaches on the same day, when he was caught by the police 50 metres from the house.
In October, he received an eight-month sentence for breaching the order, when he went to the house and drunkenly attempted to get in.
Mr Gow said: "On that occasion, he also committed a common assault by grabbing her arms and pushing her backwards, before hitting her arm."
Amar Mehta, mitigating, said after being released from his last sentence on February 7, he had gone to his ex-partner's home to talk to her.
Mr Mehta said: "This breach involved no threat to her and it's not believed she was at home when he was found in the vicinity.
"The future for him is away from Leicester and he wants to relocate to Cromer.
"He has no desire to come back to Leicester and wants to cease contact with his former partner.
"The court can be confident there will be no further breaches.
"He wants to be released as soon as possible to get on with his new life."
