A LITTLE Hulton man has been sent to jail for breaching a civil injunction designed to curb his behaviour three times.

Curtis O'Brien, of Crescent Drive, was one 13 people from the same Salford suburb given the much-publicised interim injunctions in October last year under the Anti-Social Behaviour, Crime and Policing Act 2014.

Among the many restrictions, the 26-year-old is banned from a pre-defined area of Little Hulton but was found by police recently in Thornfield Grove, a street that is off-limits to him.

He had also failed to provide the telephone number of the mobile phone in his possession to the police as the order dictates and he caused harassment, alarm and distress to a police officer in contravention of the order.

O’Brien appeared at Manchester Crown Court in civil proceedings held on April 19 and was sentenced to 20 days in prison.

He became the second of the group to flout the interim court orders following a breach in January by his 19-year-old ex-associate Frankie Ward.

Three of the original 13 have had their interim injunctions replaced by permanent civil orders granted by a judge on Wednesday at Manchester Crown Court.

Ryan Deans, aged 27, of no fixed address; Connor Holland, aged 21, of Gorse Drive, and Steven Wimbleton, aged 22, of Shillingten Close, were made subject to full orders lasting five years on April 20.

Superintendent Mark Kenny of Salford division said: "These injunctions were put in place after a series of violent incidents in Salford that we were determined to put a stop to.

"This is the first time that GMP has been granted full civil orders in Greater Manchester under the new legislation and is just one of the ways that we have been working to make our community a safer place to live.

"The application for civil orders demonstrates our determination to hold to account those who cause misery in the community.

"I would encourage members of the public to please inform us if any of these injunctions are breached, so we can take action."

Two of the original 13 recipients – Matthew Barlow, aged 21, of Clarke Crescent, and Catherine McCann, aged 53, of Baron Fold Crescent – are no longer subject to interim injunctions.

The other eight remain under their interim injunctions until a full court hearing takes place to consider whether to impose permanent orders.