A Llanrhystud 23-year-old has been handed an alcohol ban and unpaid work for using threatening behaviour in Aberystwyth.

Alex Coupe-Jones, of 2 Seabank House, appeared for sentencing before Aberystwyth Magistrates’ Court on 12 August.

The 23-year-old pleaded guilty at an earlier hearing to using threatening or abusive behaviour with intent to cause fear of violence in Aberystwyth on 27 June.

Magistrates handed Coupe-Jones a community order to include a 56 days of alcohol abstinence and monitoring as well as 100 hours of unpaid work.

Coupe-Jones was also ordered to pay £100 in compensation and was made the subject of a restraining order.

Coupe-Jones must also pay prosecution costs of £85 and a surcharge to fund victim services of £114.