A man who persistently breached a ban on entering parts of Worksop Town Centre has been jailed for three months at Mansfield County Court.
The District Judge heard how Martin Heath, 46, of no fixed address, had previously breached the ASB Injunction Order in September 2025 with the court imposing a suspended committal sentence to give him an opportunity to avoid custody.
Despite this, between 11th April and 15th April 2026, Heath committed three further breaches of the injunction and was arrested in the exclusion zone on the 15th of April, while CCTV also confirmed his presence on the 11th of April.
At Mansfield County Court on 16th April 2026, Heath admitted all three breaches, accepting they were intentional. He also said that he’d been released from prison three weeks earlier, returning to the town where he had support from friends and family and that no serious harm had resulted from the breaches.
The District Judge ordered his previously suspended committal sentence to be activated and to run concurrently, while for the new breaches they imposed a sentence of three months immediate custody.
Cllr Darrell Pulk, Cabinet Member for Neighbourhoods said: “This sentence sends a strong message that action will be taken against those breaching anti-social behaviour injunction orders placed upon them.
“We want to make our town centres welcoming places where people enjoy visiting and where they feel safe.”
Both Worksop and Retford Town Centres are covered by a Public Spaces Protection Order, allowing the council to set an area where things such as drinking alcohol on the street, or causing nuisance, harassment, alarm and distress can be banned.
A full list of the prohibitions, orders and maps of the designated areas for the PSPO’s in Worksop and Retford can be found online at https://www.bassetlaw.gov.uk/retford-pspo and https://www.bassetlaw.gov.uk/worksop-pspo
Last Updated on Friday, April 24, 2026