A CHESTER man has been jailed after he admitted the third breach of his Anti-Social Behaviour Order.

James Burns, 48, of North Street in Saltney Ferry, was jailed for 12 months after he was also convicted of intimidating a witness, his next door neighbour.

A fresh five-year Asbo was made by Judge John Rogers which includes a condition he does not return to North Street, where he lived with his invalid, elderly mother.

Judge Rogers said Burns may be paid to be a carer for his mother but he added: 'That is the last thing he is.'

Burns had assaulted his own mother in the past and was a nuisance to his neighbours.

Burns, currently living at a guest house in Saltney, admitted breaching his Asbo but denied intimidating a witness.

He was convicted following a trial at Flintshire Magistrates' Court and was sent to the crown court for sentence.

The court was told Burns appeared to target a neighbour, Carl Ingman, and the Asbo was originally imposed because of harassment of Mr Ingman.

Each breach also involved Mr Ingman as the victim.

The order was first made in September 2004 but Burns had already breached it on two occasions, prosecutor Peter Humphrey-Jones said.

At the time of the latest breach, Mr Ingman was a prosecution witness who was due to give evidence against him for an earlier breach.

Burns told Mr Ingman he had a big family, he could bring them down from Manchester and said Mr Ingman would not want him to bring them down.

He later kicked the door of the property.