Sutton man spared jail after breaching restraining order

Darren Frost, 32, of Westbourne Road, visited the relative at his address – also in Sutton – on May 11 - breaching the restraining order imposed by Mansfield Magistrates’ Court in January, 2019.

He was given an eight-week prison term, suspended for 12 months, when he appeared before Nottingham Magistrates’ Court on May 12.

Court records state that, had it not been for the current situation with Covid-19, “making the imposition of a custodial sentence more onerous than it would be under normal circumstances”, Frost would have been jailed.

He was also ordered to pay £85 in prosecution costs and a £128 victim surcharge.

Later the same week, Frost appeared again before the court and was fined £100 for possession of mamba.

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