A Glastonbury man has been jailed for 78 weeks after breaching a Criminal Behaviour Order imposed just six weeks earlier.

Leslie Roper, 47, was sentenced at Taunton Magistrates' Court on Wednesday, 7 October, in cases involving breaches of the order and assault by beating. He also received a five-year restraining order.

The sentence comes exactly six weeks after magistrates handed Roper a three-year order banning him from Glastonbury, except to attend pre-arranged medical appointments.

Cllr Ewan Cameron, one of Glastonbury's two representatives on Somerset Council, confirmed the sentence and welcomed the outcome. He warned that efforts to tackle others involved in anti-social behaviour on the High Street would continue.

Roper, listed by police in August as living in Street Road, Glastonbury, received the order on 26 August after admitting stealing items from Aldi in Chip Lane, Taunton, in November 2024. He was given an eight-month conditional discharge for that theft and ordered to pay £50 compensation.

Alongside the Glastonbury ban, the order prohibited him from possessing or consuming open alcohol in any public place in Somerset.

He was also barred from possessing, carrying, using or controlling prescription-only medication unless lawfully prescribed by a registered medical practitioner.

The restrictions prohibited him from entering or loitering outside premises from which he had received a written exclusion or ban. He could not enter private property, including gardens, driveways, yards and outbuildings, without the express permission of the lawful owner or occupier.

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Roper could only enter public toilets to use the toilet and washing facilities for their genuine purpose, and had to leave immediately afterwards.

The order also prohibited behaviour or threats capable of causing nuisance, annoyance, alarm, harassment or distress to members of the public, emergency services or people carrying out their jobs.

Cllr Cameron said: "The sentencing of Mr Roper is welcome news to the residents of Glastonbury and demonstrates our resolve to remove all forms of anti-social behaviour from our High Street. Assault, shoplifting, intimidating behaviour and drug and alcohol use on our High Street is not welcome in Glastonbury and has had a negative impact on our community, especially as so many of children transit these areas to school.

"Glastonbury is a very special place and a sacred site of pilgrimage. We are, by nature, a very understanding community; however, these behaviours will not be tolerated. To that end, I acknowledge we still have more to do, as there remain a core group of individuals engaged in these behaviours. They are next."

"I will continue to work with the police, the community and especially our business owners and urge everyone to continue to report all forms of anti-social behaviour."

You can report Antisocial Behaviour online here.

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