Man banned from city centre to protect women jailed for going back

He also assaulted an emergency worker.

A man banned from a city centre in North Wales to protect women has been jailed after ignoring the order.

Nkonde Liandisha, 31, had previously shown ‘sexualised behaviour’ towards women in Wrexham and had also assaulted an emergency worker.

On January 25 last year he was given a three-year criminal behaviour order that prohibited him from entering the city centre between 5pm and 8am.

But Mold Crown Court heard he breached the order four times before being spotted by police in Regent Street, Wrexham, at 10.45pm on April 2 this year.

Today, after pleading guilty to the latest breach, a judge jailed him for 16 months.

Judge Niclas Parry told Liandisha his offending ‘really has got to stop’.

He added: ‘It’s time for you to understand that these court orders are there to be respected because they are put there to protect the public and, in this case in particular, to protect females.

‘This is the fifth time that you have breached an order that is only about 18 months old. You have had short sentences and they have not worked. The sentences are going up now because the short sentences don’t stop you from defying the order.’

He said he didn’t believe there was a realistic prospect of rehabilitation.

Liandisha, whose mugshot shows his hair completely covering his eyes, will be on licence for 12 months on his release but still be subject to the order.

‘It’s important that you comply with the order because (otherwise) the sentences will get longer – far longer.’

Alun Williams, defending, said Liandisha’s mother had ‘had enough of him and thrown him out’ which had led to a deterioration in his mental health.

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