South Derry man who breached restraining by turning up at mother's house is jailed for five months

David Johnston Smyth, aged 36, of no fixed address, admitted a charge of attending without reasonable excuse an address in the Maghera area on January 9 last year, in breach of a harassment order.

Smyth, who appeared by video link at Magherafelt Magistrates Court on Wednesday, was told by the judge to stay away from his mother.

A two-year restraining order was also put in place.