Lloyd was arrested after being found in undergrowth on Thursday

Despite being banned from Dwygyfylchi, Richard Morris Lloyd twice returned to the village near Penmaemawr in north Wales.

Lloyd, 44, pleaded guilty at Llandudno Magistrates Court to two breaches and failing to surrender to bail.

The court heard a neighbour received a special Home Office award for helping to obtain an order against him. `

On Friday the prosecution described how Lloyd had been reported by villagers after being spotted in Dwygyfylchi the day after being released from prison.

He was seen again on Thursday, and a police helicopter helped to arrest him as he was caught in undergrowth.

A defence solicitor said Lloyd had breached the order six times.

Former neighbour Noel Kennerley was awarded for bravery

His mother's funeral was being held on the day he was released from prison but, because of a breakdown in the arrangements for him to attend, he was unable to do so.

He was upset and the only person to whom he could turn was his girlfriend Diane Rimmer, who lived in the same village.

At the time of his arrest, he had been with her at her home for more than a week.

Lloyd's solicitor told the court the other terms of the orders - not to harass, get drunk, or behave in a threatening way - had not been breached.

Magistrates also heard that Lloyd's girlfriend now intended to move to Llanrwst with him, so there would be no further need for him to visit Dwygyfylchi.

He was jailed for 11 months. Five months of the sentence was in respect of an unexpired jail term imposed in February for three similar breaches.

In the past Lloyd's behaviour become so unacceptable that the neighbour, Noel Kennerley, moved his family into a caravan in the garden to get some peace.

Describing the time as a "living nightmare", Mr Kennerley has told how Lloyd threatened to kill him with a hammer and also murder his wife and young daughter.

Mr Kennerley's determination to stand up to Lloyd encouraged other terrorised residents to join him in applying for an ASBO. This was successful and, when Lloyd ignored the order banning him from the village for two years in 2003, he was jailed for 12 weeks.