A GALASHIELS man has been jailed for almost a year at Selkirk Sheriff Court after breaching his ASBO on three occasions.

Forty-year-old Shaun Armstrong was also sentenced on a wide range of offences including obstructing police, assault, threatening or abusive behaviour and breaching bail.

Sheriff Janys Scott said that due to the level of offending there was no alternative to custody and imposed prison sentences totalling 49 weeks.