He walked out of prison and immediately moved in with woman he was banned from seeing

An "undeterrable" man walked out of prison and went straight back to live with a woman despite a restraining order banning him from having any contact with her, a court has heard. Sending Keiron Hill back to jail, a judge said it seemed the vulnerable woman was to some extent under the defendant's spell and said courts sometimes have to act to protect people from themselves.

Alycia Carpanini, prosecuting, told Swansea Crown Court that in March this year Hill was jailed and made the subject of a restraining order banning him from contacting his victim. On his release he went back to live with the woman.

On April 24 the pair went drinking in the Eli Jenkins pub in Swansea city centre before returning to the woman's flat where they continued to consume alcohol, with Hill pouring himself a glass of whisky and pouring the woman's whisky into an ashtray. The court heard an argument broke out during the early hours of the morning during which the 51-year-old defendant grabbed the woman and told her to stop screaming in case the neighbours heard the commotion and alerted police to his presence.

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Police were in fact contacted and when officers arrived at the property shortly before 3am Hill became aggressive, necessitating the use of force to restrain him. The defendant then began butting the holding cage in the back of the police vehicle and the walls of the cell in the police station - as a result he was taken to hospital for treatment.

Hill, of Heol y Gors, Cwmgors, Gwaun-cae-Gurwen, had previously pleaded guilty to breaching a restraining order when he appeared in the dock for sentencing. He has 36 previous convictions for 141 offences including dishonesty matters, criminal damage, breaches of a restraining order, assaulting police and drug trafficking.

Hannah George, for Hill, said the defendant recognises that he has jealousy and trust issues. She said Hill acknowledges he needs to change to become a better person and, at some stage in the future, a better partner.

Judge Paul Thomas KC told the defendant it was clear from everything he had read that the defendant was in a relationship with a woman who was vulnerable and to some extend "under your spell". He said after being released from prison Hill had immediately returned to the woman's flat in a flagrant breach of a restraining order, and he said he was concerned at references in the pre-sentence report to the defendant intending to resume the relationship with the woman. He said Hill was "undeterrable".

Judge Thomas said he had no doubt Hill posed a risk to the woman's health and said there were occasions when a court had to protect someone from themselves - and this was just such a case. The judge told Hill to stay away from the woman or he would meet him again across a court room, adding: "Let me read your future for you Mr Hill - you continue to approach this woman and you will be sent to Swansea prison for longer and longer sentences."

With a one-third discount for his guilty plea Hill was sentenced to 12 months in prison. He will serve up to half that sentence in custody before being released on licence to serve the remainder in the community.

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