Sympathy for man after third breach

A man who broke a restraining order for the third time was described by a court as the '˜victim'.
Blackpool Magistrates CourtBlackpool Magistrates Court
Blackpool Magistrates Court

Wayne Anyon was banned after an assault from contacting a woman.

Keep up-to-date with all the latest news from blackpoolgazette.co.uk with our mobile app - download it hereBut Anyon, 42, of no fixed address pleaded guilty to breaching the order after he saw her on September 26 in Stanley Park.

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He was sentenced to a six-month conditional discharge by Blackpool magistrates.

Presiding magistrate, John Dawson, told him: “We do in some respect believe you are the victim.”

Kathryn Jamieson-Sinclair, defending, said Anyon had made no arrangements to meet the woman. She said: “He could not find it in his heart to walk away from her as she was in a state.

“So persistent is she in contacting him, at times he has had to seek refuge in our offices.”