Richard Morris Lloyd, 43, was banned from Dwygyfylchi, near Penmaenmawr, last month after threatening some of the people who live there.

Magistrates told him he could face jail if he contravened the order.

But North Wales Police have said they believe he visited his girlfriend's house in the village in the early hours of Tuesday morning.

Prestatyn magistrates ordered Mr Lloyd to stay away from a number of people he traumatised with his unruly behaviour.

They also made an order banning him from drinking alcohol on the streets anywhere in the county of Conwy.

The anti-social behaviour order (ASBO) brought by police was imposed by magistrates last month after they heard of a catalogue of incidents perpetrated by Mr Lloyd, who had a girlfriend in the village.

Caravan

In one incident, the court heard, he traumatised a five-year-old girl by saying he would kill her father.

Noel Kennerley, 32, told the court his family were so afraid of Mr Lloyd that they slept for a time in a caravan at the bottom of the garden to escape the noise of violent bust-ups next door.

Mr Kennerley, who is disabled by a spinal injury, his wife and five-year-old daughter, had moved into a semi in the village in April 2002.

He told the court he had repeatedly called police because of Mr Lloyd's behaviour.

He said he had been subjected to "countless" incidents of abuse, threats and excessive noise.

Baseball bat

In another incident the court was told how he threatened to go to a 74-year old woman's house with a baseball bat after she had refused his offer to carry her shopping.

There were claims he was physically violent to another woman, and there were numerous complaints about him playing loud music.

The court was also told of another incident where Lloyd grabbed a woman who threatened to report him to the RSPCA over his treatment of a cat.

'Lack of regard'

Mr Lloyd opposed the order, but as he did not turn up in court to defend himself the case was heard in his absence.

Solicitor Huw Edwards, for Lloyd, said he claimed to be ill and that he was due to see a doctor.

But the magistrates refused to adjourn the case.

Granting the ASBO, the court chairman said Lloyd had a total lack of regard for the existing law and authority and an unwillingness to behave appropriately.

The order prohibits him from entering the village, where he had been living with his partner, for two years.

Mr Lloyd now lives in Llandudno.