A man banned from contacting his partner for 28 days was found hiding under the duvet on her bed.
Wayne Brown was made subject of a Domestic Violence Protection Order (DVPO) on March 29 this year, which forbid him from talking to his girlfriend and attending her home in Wallsend.
However, just six days in to the four-week order, police received a report that he was inside the woman's address. North Tyneside Magistrates' Court heard that officers attended and, after a search of the property, found Brown hiding under the quilt on her bed.
