Man bound over for breaking restraining order against woman

Thursday 08 December 2022

A 38-year-old man who breached a restraining order by visiting a woman's home – allegedly because he was attacked and had "nowhere to turn" – has been bound over to be of good behaviour for six months.

Scott Leonard Charles Furlong visited a property on 5 December, which he was prohibited from entering as part of an order imposed on him in May.

Advocate Katie Ridley, prosecuting, told the Magistrate's Court that States police officers were called to an incident on Victoria Street at around 22:00, following reports of four males assaulting another male.

They arrived to find just the defendant present, who refused to co-operate with the officers.

They were later called to the property in question and he was arrested on Brighton Road, after officers were made aware that he had breached a restraining order.
Advocate Ridley told the court that the woman let him in as she feared he would have forced his way in.

Advocate Nicholas Mière, defending, told the court that Furlong was attacked and "didn't know where to turn".

He said that the defendant admitted it was a "wrong turn", but insisted that his approach was not an "aggressive" one.

Advocate Mière added that Furlong was due to start a job through the government's Back to Work recruitment scheme next week and asked that he not be given a custodial sentence.

Assistant Magistrate Peter Harris bound Furlong over for six months and urged him not to make any further contact with the woman.