AN Abbotts Ann man has been ordered to complete unpaid work in the community after pleading guilty to breaching a non-molestation order.

Robert Kevin Hayes, of Eastover Cottages, admitted to sending text messages in breach of a non-molestation order when he appeared before magistrates in Basingstoke recently.

The 37-year-old was given a community order requiring him to complete 70 hours' unpaid work in the community.

Hayes was also ordered to pay a £60 victim surcharge and £85 Crown Prosecution costs.