A man who swore at and threatened a Powys shopper, breached a community protection notice
A man who swore at and threatened a Powys shopper, breached a community protection notice
A man breached a community protection notice by swearing and threatening someone in a Powys shop.
William Roche was made subject of the order in November to try and stop him behaving in a way to cause the public alarm, by shouting, swearing or using abusive language and aggressive behaviour.
But the 59 year old of Temple Street admitted breaching the order on June 12 in the town centre, when he appeared at Llandrindod Wells Magistrates Court on Tuesday.
Prosecuting, Ms Victoria Vasey said Roche went into a shop on June 12 at lunchtime when another person was in there buying some items.
The person accidently knocked Roche and he said: “You need to be more careful.”
An argument started, Roche became aggressive and told the other person; “I am going to sort you out.”
Roche then called the police himself from the shop and said the person in the shop had two dogs and they were going to attack him.
But while he was on the phone, he could be heard saying 'come on then hit me, I'll make you scream like a little girl.'
The court was told Roche has eight convictions for 11 offences, two of them were in 2021 and nine were in 2025 and there were relevant matters including public order offences, but not breaches of the order.
Ms Vasey said this was the first breach of the order.
Mitigating, Mr Geraint Parry said Roche is apologetic about how he behaved and he did feel a bit threatened by the dogs but he now understands that the CPN is there to protect the public.
Mr Parry said: “We are half way through this notice and this is the first breach. He has given an early guilty plea and he accepts that he should not have sworn or shouted and his behaviour could have come across as aggressive.
“The past 18 months have been difficult for him. He has got mental health issues and he has been working with probation services. This is his first offence in 2026 so it appears that he is going in the right direction.”
Chairman of the Magistrates, Karen Williams said: “You must realise by now that this completely unacceptable behaviour and it is about time you learned that you can't go around and say what you feel like. Really, its got to be down to you to stop doing this. Its not far for the citizens of Llandrindod Wells and its not fair to you to keep coming back to court.”
Roche was fined £80 for the breach and he will have to pay a victim surcharge of £32 and £85 costs.