Appeal:Carlisle Crown Court
A JUDGE has jailed a 31-year-old Carlisle man who flouted a restraining order by repeatedly trying to contact his former partner through her friend.
Daniel Norman had denied the offence, but he was convicted after trial before magistrates. At Carlisle Crown Court, he tried but failed to overturn the conviction.
After hearing evidence, Recorder Neville Biddle told the defendant, of Shadygrove Road, Carlisle, that he had tried “wriggle his way around” the law to avoid being punished.
But evidence showed that he contacted his former partner’s friend in a clear attempt to generate contact with ex-partner, said Recorder Biddle.