A MAN from Wrexham has been jailed for the 10th breach of his criminal behaviour order.

It was claimed Carl Neville Williams' life had changed dramatically.

After 12 years of being homeless he now had his own bedsit.

And after a massive addiction to spice he had been able to give up drink and drugs, Christie Ankers-Phillips, defending, told North East Wales Magistrates Court.

But district judge Roger Lowe jailed him for eight weeks and ordered him to pay a £115 surcharge.

When sentenced Williams punched the glass in front of the dock, causing a loud noise.

But he was not injured and there was no damage.

The judge said he had breached his order nine previous times and warned that the sentence could go up to 12 months.

At the time he was on licence after his release from a previous prison sentence but he had failed to co-operate with post sentence supervision.

"I am told that you had not bothered to attend at the probation service on your release from prison a month ago.

"I have no confidence that you will co-operate," he said.

Williams, 46, of Richmond House in Wrexham, admitted breaching a criminal behaviour order, made in April 2017, by returning to Wrexham town centre on Wednesday morning after being told to leave by a police officer.

Prosecutor Rhian Jackson told the Mold court an officer on foot patrol at King Street saw Williams at the bus station and advised him to leave.

He told him not to return until the evening.

Half an hour later he was told Williams had returned and was asking elderly people for money at the bus station.

Arrested in Egerton Street, he said to the officer: "Give me a squeeze."

Asked what he meant, he said: "Let me go. I will leave now."

Interviewed, he claimed he was not aware of the order although the prosecutor said he had been arrested numerous times for breaching it.

He said he had not understood when asked to leave.

Asked why he did not understand, he replied: "Because you are chewing a brick."

Mrs Jackson said Williams had nine previous convictions for breaching the order which resulted in prison sentences of suspended prison sentences which he went on to breach.

Miss Ankers-Phillips said her client's previous convictions were not great.

"He used to be very heavy into drink and spice. He had a huge spice addiction. He was mixing drink and drugs," she said.

But since his release from prison he had not touched drink and drugs for a couple of months.

"There has been a massive change in him," she said.

"Last time I saw him he was worse for wear.

"Today he looks really, really well."

He had been asked to leave the town centre and did do but returned so that he could get a bus to go and see his sister.

Williams appreciated he should not have done that. He had been on a revolving door of custody, being released and going back in.

But he now had his own bedsit which was stability for him after he had been homeless for 12 years.

"Everything is going the right way for him at the moment," she said.

Probation officer Jonny Belbin said Williams had failed to attend two appointments this month as part of his post sentence supervision.

Williams said he was not aware of the appointments.

The judge agreed to a prosecution request for a new two year criminal behaviour order.

Williams said he was "clean now" and had no objections.