A man addicted to heroin has been locked up after he was spotted reading a book outside Lidl with his rucksack by his side.
Damien Gahan, 53, was already on a suspended sentence. He admitted a fourth breach of a criminal behaviour order banning him from standing outside the local shops in Bangor.
A weekend sitting of Llandudno magistrates court imposed the 12 week suspended term on him, as well as an additional four weeks for the latest breach, meaning Gahan will spend 16 weeks in jail in total, according to North Wales Live .
The chairman of the magistrates told him he had "shown a total disregard" by breaching the order so many times.
Prosecuting, Diane Williams said the order had been made a year ago prohibiting him from sitting or standing near the entrance to local stores. The suspended sentence had twice been varied to be more onerous.
Deborah Davies, defending, said the trouble was an addiction to heroin. He wanted help but there was a long delay before any could be made available and medication given.
"You can't just go to the doctor and get a prescription, you have to wait months with a lot of appointments and assessments," she explained.
Gahan had been in touch with the substance mis-use service and said that this week he was to be interviewed for the chance to get "blocking" medication to stop his craving for heroin.
