Man who denies harassment banned from entire village
A CARLISLE man who denies breaching a restraining order has been granted bail on condition that he stays out of Dalston.
Ashleigh Bell, 31, formally denied harassing the woman on May 19 when he appeared before a deputy district judge at the city's Rickergate court.
His bail conditions also include a stipulation that he may not contact the woman involved.
Deputy District Judge Andrew Garthwaite also explained that Bell must observe a strict exclusion zone designed to keep him away from the area of Carlisle where the woman lives; and nor can he go to Caldew School in Dalston.
In the meantime, he must live and sleep at his home address in Beverley Rise, Carlisle. The case will be decided by a trial at a later date.
The allegations is that Bell breached a restraining order by going to Caldew School as part of an attempt to contact the woman he is not allowed to see, despite this being explicitly forbidden by the order.
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