A CWMBRAN man breached an injunction banning him from annoying his neighbours, a court heard.

Ryan Stundon, 20, was due to appear in Newport County Court accused of breaching an injunction made in November 8 last year, but failed to attend. Proceedings continued in his absence.

The injunction ordered him not to engage or threaten to engage in any conduct capable of causing nuisance or annoyance to any agent of Bron Afon Community Housing or residents or visitors to Trem Twynbarlwm.

Representing Bron Afon, Emyr Jones told the court police were called to Trem Twynbarlwm at around 11am on December 28, following reports of loud music coming from Stundon's flat.

PC Jenny Tinsley told the court she attended the scene with PC Sean Meyrick and as soon as the music could be heard as soon as they pulled up.

Neighbour Elizabeth Wheater said the music was going on for at least an hour before police arrived and she had spoken to Stundon on previous occasions about loud music.

Denise Pearce, of Bron Afon, told the court she found an entry on Stundon's profile on social networking site, Facebook, from December 28, which stated "I've got music blasting to **** the neighbours off cos they keep on complaining."

Mr Jones said the second breach happened between December 29 and January 1, when Stundon left two Staffordshire Bull Terrier type dogs unsupervised at the property, one locked in the bathroom and the other in the garden.

Mrs Wheater said the dogs were howling and the one in the garden was distressed by the fireworks on New Year's Eve.

Mr Jones said: "These dogs were understandably in a state of distress and were noisy as a result, causing annoyance and distress to the neighbours."

He said that Stundon had made limited efforts to find someone to care for the dogs.

The court heard Stundon appeared before Newport County Court on January 3 where he denied breaching the injunction and was made the subject of an order banning him from returning to Trem Twynbarlwm.

District Judge Alfred Weaver said he found the breaches were proven and fined Stundon £250 for the first breach and made no order for the second breach.

The court heard Bron Afon had applied to take possession of Stundon's flat.