A MAN has been banned from every pub, bar and off-licence in the city centre after ignoring an order to behave.
Lee Fraser, 32, of no fixed address but formally of Fairisle Close, in Clifton, was first given a criminal antisocial behaviour order in December banning him from carrying drink in the city centre.
It followed a series of alcohol-fuelled crimes including an assault on a police community support officer.
Fraser had also stolen alcohol from a city shop and was given the order following an incident of common assault and threatening behaviour.
But he breached the order several times and, in February, he was arrested for assault on a police officer and remanded into custody. Fraser appeared at Nottingham Magistrates' Court, via video link from Nottingham Prison, and admitted assaulting the officer and breaching the criminal anti social behaviour order.
He was sentenced to 24 weeks in jail and the conditions of his order were changed.
He is now banned from every business that sells alcohol in Nottingham city centre – from pubs and clubs to corner shops and supermarkets.
Details of the order are being handed out to businesses across the city so they can spot him if he breaks the new ban after he gets out of prison.
Councillor Alex Norris, the city's portfolio holder for community safety, said: "This individual has a history of antisocial and criminal behaviour linked to alcohol and most specifically, in the city centre. Details of the order have been passed to all licensed premises so once this individual released from prison; any breaches can be dealt with swiftly."
Criminal antisocial behaviour orders are one of a range of court orders applied for by Community Protection, which is made up of the police and city council officials.
Anyone caught breaking them could face prison.
Their use in Notts has soared over the last few years, with 153 orders of various types issued between April 2006 and April 2007.
During the same period between 2011 and 2012 this had risen to 580, and, as of the start of this month, about 543 such orders had been issued since last April.
