TWO men have been jailed after admitting breaching their civil injunction order four times.

Jordan Budgen, aged 19, of Manchester Road, Farnworth, was sentenced to nine months in prison after admitting the breaches. He was given a further four weeks to run consecutively for breaching a suspended sentence in relation to a previous breach of the injunction.

Joshua Barnes, aged 19, of Spa Crescent, Little Hulton, was also sentenced to nine months in prison.

Both Barnes and Budgen were handed the civil injunctions in October 2015 alongside nine other people, after series of violent incidents in the Little Hulton area.

The conditions of the injunctions include preventing the individuals being in possession of a bat, hammer, wooden stick, or knife and prohibiting conduct that causes or is likely to cause, harassment, alarm or distress to any person.

The injunctions also prohibited the individuals from contacting or associating with each other within the Greater Manchester area.

Superintendent Mark Kenny of Salford division said: “These men thought that they could ignore their civil injunctions, but these sentences show that we and the courts have a zero tolerance policy on the breach of injunctions.

“The men were part of a small group of individuals who were handed civil injunctions in October 2015 after a string of violent incidents in Little Hulton which included firearms offences, serious assaults, arson, criminal damage and attempted murder.

"This behaviour will not be tolerated and the injunctions are in place to help keep the community safe.

“I would ask for the community to report any breaches of any civil injunctions. Today’s sentences have proved police will take swift action.

“Anyone concerned can come and speak to our officers, but if they don’t feel that they can do this, they can call Crimestoppers and remain completely anonymous.”

Anyone with information is asked to call police on 101 or the independent charity Crimestoppers, anonymously, on 0800 555 111.