A MAN found hiding in his mum's loft had breached a court order for the second time in a matter of days, a court heard.

Piotr Keilar, of Cefn Road in Wrexham, was produced in custody at Mold Magistrates Court on Friday.

The 39-year-old admitted that earlier this week, he entered a property in Bridge Street in breach of a closure order.

Prosecutor Justin Espie told the court officers were called to the address on Wednesday.

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A closure order had been imposed to prevent people entering the property due to anti-social behaviour and the impact it had been having on neighbours, Mr Espie explained.

When the property was searched, Keilar was located in the attic.

The Leader reported last week how Keilar was up in court for an identical offence of breaching a closure order at the same property on an earlier date.

On that occasion, it was said in his defence that the property in question was the home address of his mother and he'd attended that time as she'd called him asking for help.

Stephen Edwards, defending, told the court that the case was an "unusual" one.

Regarding the newer offence, he said his client had been off work for the last two weeks due to a hand injury, which had caused "considerable financial pressure" for his family.

He'd agreed to leave the home where he lives with his partner for a period of time after the financial issues caused arguments, and decided to return to his mother's address.

Mr Edwards said: "The reality is, when he realised the police had been called, he decided to hide in the loft.

"When the police came, a Polish speaking officer spoke to him sensibly and he surrendered himself.

"He comes before you today and has had the good sense of pleading guilty."

Mr Edwards conceded that the offence marked the second time his client had breached a suspended sentence imposed in August last year for a motoring offence - the first breach being last week's breach of the closure order, which Magistrates on that occasion opted to mark by extending the operational period of the suspension rather than activating it.

The court found it would be unjust to activate the suspended sentence for the latest offence, as it was "totally dissimilar" to the offence it was imposed for.

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Rather than activating it, the court opted to extend it again; from 18 months to 24.

A fine of £293 was imposed for breaching the closure order and Keilar must pay a £117 victim surcharge, as well as £35 costs.

A criminal behaviour order of 12 months was also put in place to prohibit him from entering Bridge Street.