A BRIDPORT man has been sentenced to compulsory drug treatment and community rehabilitation for breaching his anti-social behaviour order (ASBO) three times.

Prosecuting at Weymouth Magistrates Courts, Daniel Siong said David Frederick Cant, 31, of East Street, breached the two-year order on September 14, October 13 and 17.

The ASBO forbids him from acting or inciting others to act in an anti-social manner likely to cause harassment, alarm or distress to members of the retail trade in Bridport or members of the Radiolink scheme.

Mr Siong said at 6.05pm on September 14 Cant went into Safeway in West Bay Road and was stopped by the assistant manager.

Mr Siong said Cant denied his ASBO prevented him entering Safeway and said he would keep coming in. Mr Siong said when the manager escorted Cant to the door, he said 'I am going to get a gun and come back here and commit an armed robbery - I am not banned, I can come here whenever I want'.

Mr Siong said that at 4.20pm on September 28 Cant was arrested and repeated those comments, but denied threatening Safeway staff in any way.

Mr Siong said on October 13 a resident recognised him as he left Woolworths, East Street and on October 17, CCTV cameras captured Cant in Boots.

When Cant was arrested, he got so violent that police had to put him in leg restraints and handcuffs, said Mr Siong.

He added that the last two breaches were committed while the defendant was on bail for the first. In mitigation, Ian Brazier said Cant's remarks were meant to be sarcastic and he regretted ever saying them.

He said the Boots video showed Cant speaking to his friend for 30 seconds just inside the door before walking out again.

He said Cant may have walked in without thinking as he was asking his friend to pick up a prescription for him - Boots was the only duty chemist open that Sunday.

Mr Brazier said Cant regularly attended Dorset Drugs and Alcohol Advisory Service. Heroin had devastated his life, he said, but tests had shown he had stayed off the drugs while remanded in custody, which made him a prime candidate for a drug treatment and testing order (DTTO).

Magistrates sentenced Cant to an 18-month community rehabilitation order for breaching the ASBO and ordered him to live at a Weymouth bail hostel.

Cant was also ordered to undertake a drug treatment and testing order for six months where he has to provide samples twice a week a week to prove there are no drugs in his system.

The order will be reviewed by magistrates every month. Chairman of the bench Jenifer Simm told Cant: "You were in severe danger of being sent to prison because of your actions."