Man breached order to send card to his ex

Paul Bowker, a 38-year-old building loads manager, of Nutter Road, Cleveleys, pleaded guilty to breaching a restraining order and a non-molestation order.

He was sentenced to a 12-month community order with up to 25 days’ rehabilitation to be supervised by the Probation Service, put on an eight-week curfew and ordered to pay £100 compensation with £85 costs plus £85 victims’ surcharge.

Blackpool magistrates also put Bowker on an indefinite restraining order not to communicate with his ex or enter certain areas of Thornton, Cleveleys or Poulton and not to put posts about his ex on social media.

Prosecutor, Pam Smith, said magistrates put Bowker on a restraining order in June which banned him from communicating with his ex except through a third party to arrange child contact or through the Mediation Service.

In July a family court made him the subject of a non-molestation order which prohibited him from entering Bancroft Avenue, Thornton, and the Poulton Chippy and from posting any information about his ex or their child via Facebook or other social media.

Bowker had a previous conviction for breaking each order.

On August 10 he sent his ex a birthday card wishing her happy birthday from their one-year-old son.

Between August 7 and 23 he posted comments on his Facebook page referring to his ex and his son.