A PENPARCAU woman who asked to be placed in custody rather than comply with probation has been jailed for six weeks by magistrates after admitting breaching a community order.

Samantha Keegan, of 42 Rhyd-y-Bont, admitted breaching a community order imposed by magistrates for the assault of two police officers and sending malicious communications when she appeared before Llanelli Magistrates’ Court on 2 September.

Keegan, 25, admitted breaching the order by missing planned probation appointments on 22 July and 5 August.

Magistrates sentenced Keegan to six weeks in jail due to her “failure to express willingness to comply with a proposed requirement for a community order because the defendant has a flagrant disregard for court orders” after she “stated that she would not comply with probation and wished for a period of custody.”