A MOTHER-of-four refused to leave her home when threatened with eviction and then live streamed police officers' efforts to remove her.

Anne Marie Jones posted a live video stream to Facebook of police officers outside her home as they helped bailiffs who were trying to evict her from a second floor flat on Peris, Acrefair, in June.

The incident, close to Plas Madoc Leisure Centre, lasted more than three hours and led to a number of nearby residents being evacuated after Jones, 28, threatened to destroy her flat in a gas explosion.

Jones was appearing at North East Wales Magistrates Court after she failed to attend a previous court appointment on October 15 during which the case was proved in her absence and a warrant issued for her arrest.

Rhian Jackson, prosecuting, said staff from Wrexham Council's housing department went to the property at about 12.15pm on June 29 where they found a note stuck to Jones' door that read: "Warning - all entrances are wired to the gas mains.

"Any attempt to enter property will trip. You have been warned".

Police officers were called but Jones refused all efforts to evict her peacefully and she could be seen leaning out of a window arguing with officers in the street while filming the incident on her mobile phone.

At one point she was heard shouting: "I'm taking a stand against the council who want a single mum and her four kids thrown into the street."

The block surrounding the property was evacuated and a trained negotiator was called as well as gas detection officers from United Utilities who checked for leaks and isolated the supply to the property.

Eventually locksmiths were also called and officers gained entry to the property and took Jones' four young children from the scene and arrested their mother.

Ms Jackson said over the course of around three hours, 18 police officers were deployed as well as a number of business being forced to closed.

The Mold court also heard the mother-of-four had received a two-year prison sentence, suspended for two years in November, after she admitted two charges of being concerned in the supply of heroin and crack cocaine.

District judge Gwyn Jones told Bethan Jones, defending, that the case went far beyond a "normal" case of obstructing officers in their duty and committed the case to Mold Crown Court when Jones, who was released on unconditional bail, will appear again on November 8.