Worksop Town Centre Ban: Man Jailed For Three Months After Three Injunction Breaches

A man banned from entering most of Worksop town centre under an anti-social behaviour injunction has been jailed for three months at Mansfield County Court after admitting three further breaches of the order.

What was decided

According to the published committal judgment of District Judge Wall, Heath admitted three breaches of the injunction:

• Being inside the exclusion zone on 11 April 2026
• Being inside the exclusion zone on 14 April 2026 (first occasion)
• Being inside the exclusion zone on 14 April 2026 (second occasion)

The judge ruled that the breaches were proved to the criminal standard and that the defendant’s admissions were intentional. A one-month suspended sentence imposed on Heath in September 2025 for an earlier breach was activated to run concurrently with the new three-month term.

Background to the injunction

The original injunction was granted by Mansfield Magistrates’ Court on 31 July 2025 after an application by Bassetlaw District Council. According to the council’s own announcement at the time, the order followed a pattern of behaviour that included verbal and racial abuse of council Safer Street Wardens, refusing to stop drinking alcohol in a Public Space Protection Order area, and threats made towards a warden.

Under the terms of the injunction, Heath is banned from Worksop town centre other than for pre-arranged appointments at the council’s offices and his GP, and must carry proof of those appointments. The order is in force until 30 July 2027. Costs of £1,937 were ordered when the original injunction was made.

Why this matters

Anti-social behaviour injunctions are a civil tool used by councils and police to prevent specific named individuals from causing harassment, alarm or distress in defined areas. Breach is dealt with as contempt of court rather than as a criminal offence, but can still result in immediate imprisonment – as this case shows.

For Worksop, this is the second public injunction breach case to result in a custodial sentence in 2026. Bassetlaw District Council has previously said that the orders are a last resort, used only where warnings and other interventions have not stopped the behaviour.

Source: published committal judgment of District Judge Wall, “Bassetlaw District Council v Martin Heath”, Courts and Tribunals Judiciary, 16 April 2026.