A Bradford man branded a “high risk to women and the public” was jailed for repeatedly flouting the first violent criminal order granted in West Yorkshire.

Kevin Chatterton, 43, had “a propensity and willingness to inflict violence” on people, particularly women, Bradford Crown Court was told.

Burly Chatterton appeared in handcuffs and supervised by a dock officer yesterday to face sentence for breaking a Violent Offender Order on five occasions.

Prosecutor Richard Gioserano said the order was imposed by magistrates on defendants who posed a substantial risk of serious harm to the public.

Chatterton has 24 convictions for 70 offences. His record includes grievous bodily harm, sexual assault and prison mutiny.

Under the terms of the order, Chatterton is banned from approaching within 500 metres of his former partner Julie Henderson or having contact with her.

He was sent to jail for four years in 2004 for wounding Miss Henderson and the five-year order was imposed on January 18 last year because he continued to contact her from prison.

Mr Gioserano said that, within days of his release from prison, he bumped into a friend of Miss Henderson’s in Bradford’s benefits office, gave her his phone number and asked her to contact Miss Henderson so they could meet.

He later met her in a quiet park and on other occasions, including spending the night in a hotel.

Mr Gioserano said Miss Henderson, who had a new partner, even called the police in a bid to get him out of the home they shared, so she and Chatterton could meet again.

Solicitor advocate Anne-Marie Hutton, for Chatterton, said the repeated breaches involved no violence towards Miss Henderson. He pleaded guilty at the first opportunity.

She said Miss Henderson had “gone some way to procure the breach” by agreeing to meet her former partner.

William Devenport, team manager with West Yorkshire Probation service, said Chatter-ton remained a public risk because he “seeks out opportunities” for violence.

Mr Devenport said: “Historically with this person, he pays lip service. He says all the right things at the point of sentence, then he goes on to do nothing about it and quickly re-offends.

“The message is that this person, in my opinion, has demonstrated his propensity and willingness to inflict violence.”

Recorder Neil Davey QC jailed Chatterton for 15 months for a “flagrant and deliberate” breach of court orders.