A BRADFORD man was jailed and handed a five-year restraining order for making 34 abusive calls across three days.

Samuel Hall, 24, of Moorsby Road in the Woodside area of Bradford, faced sentencing for six offences at Bradford and Keighley Magistrates' Court last Wednesday (April 13).

The 24-year-old had previously pleaded guilty on March 28 to two counts of harassment without violence and one count of criminal damage to property valued under £5000.

Hall also pleaded guilty to several driving offences on the same day.

These were: driving while disqualified, driver of a vehicle involved in a road accident who failed to report that accident and use a motor vehicle on a road/public place without third party insurance.

One of the counts of harassment relates to a three day period last October when Hall made 34 abusive calls to the same person.

On one of the days during that time, he damaged a window pane belonging to a different individual.

Then earlier this year, in February, Hall harassed the same person as before (the second count).

This time it was across two days, with Hall repeatedly calling and texting the individual.

The three driving offences relate to January 22 this year.

Hall drove a blue Ford Ranger down Burnley Road, close to Sowerby Bridge, despite being disqualified from driving and also without any insurance.

He was then involved in a crash with a Land Rover Freelander, where damage was caused, and he failed to report the accident to police or to give his name and address to the other vehicle.

The court sentenced Hall to 18 weeks in prison for the two counts of harassment, driving while disqualified and being the driver of a vehicle involved in a road accident who failed to report that accident.

Court records show the reason for this was: “Offence so serious because the defendant has a flagrant disregard for court orders.”

A restraining order was also put in place, preventing Hall from contacting directly, or indirectly, except under certain conditions, the person he harassed.

This order lasts for five years, until April 12, 2027.

Hall was also disqualified from driving for two years, with an extension period of three months in accordance with Section 35A (immediate custodial sentence) of The Road Traffic Offenders Act 1988.

The court ordered Hall to pay a surcharge of £128 to fund victim services, in relation to the driving while disqualified offence.

There was no separate penalty for the offences of: criminal damage to property valued under £5000 and using a motor vehicle on a road/public place without third party insurance.

Hall’s guilty pleas for all six charges were taken into account when imposing the sentence.