A NOISY neighbour jailed yesterday for breaching an injunction curbing her anti social behaviour could be back in her Newport home in a month’s time.

Kerry Ormond, 44, repeatedly breached the anti social behaviour injunction imposed by a civil court, disturbing her neighbours in Gaer Vale by shouting, swearing and playing loud music, Newport county court heard.

Judge Mark Furness jailed her for eight weeks – she will serve four.

But the judge refused landlord Newport City Homes’ application to prevent her from returning to the property permanently, saying that Ormond would need somewhere to go after prison to deal with her drink problem.

The court heard an interim injunction was made on April 20 2011 after there had been a “wild party” in her flat the night before.

The injunction banned her from shouting , swearing, using foul language and being abusive or aggressive to anyone living or visiting her street.

On May 3 she breached the injunction by swearing and acting aggressively towards two of her neighbours and swearing at a police officer, which she later admitted in court.

Despite a court later giving her a suspended sentence of 28 days and extending the injunction until May 2012, she breached it again in June, was arrested on July 3, and two days later, neighbours heard doors slamming and shouting from her flat and Ormond was heard having “noisy sex”.

Robert Hawkins, representing Ormond, said she was an alcoholic who drinks three litres of cider a night.

He said she believes there was a vendetta against her and that the events described did not happen.

However Judge Mark Furness found the breaches were proved, activated the suspended sentence and imposed a concurrent sentence of eight weeks.

Newport City Homes had obtained an exclusion order stopping Ormond returning home until the hearing yesterday, but Judge Furness said: “If she comes out and has no where to go howis that going to help?”

After the hearing, door supervisor Stephen Kedward, 22, who lives in the flat above Ormond and had given evidence to the court, said even with sleeping tablets and ear plugs he could still hear her.

Another neighbour, who did not want to be named, said: “We have been badly let down.”

A Newport City Homes spokeswoman said: “We are not in a position to confirm our next steps, although we are aware of local residents’ concerns and will endeavour to put in place actions to address these.”

EDITORIAL COMMENT: Would judge live near her?

MANY readers will question the decision of a judge to allow a nuisance neighbour to return to her home when she leaves prison.

Kerry Ormond was jailed yesterday for repeatedly flouting an antisocial behaviour order.

She was given the order for noisy parties, having ‘loud sex’ and shouting obscenities at her neighbours in the street.

But Judge Mark Furness, who jailed her for eight weeks – of which she will serve half that sentence – refused to grant an exclusion order as requested by Newport City Homes.

He said that losing her home when she comes out would not help Ormond, who has a drink problem.

That’s a decision that has angered neighbours.

Yet again we are seeing the wrongdoer and not the victims – put first.

Those who are guilty of an offence appear to be the priority of the courts.

It is little wonder the public say they have little faith in our justice system when this sort of thing happens.

We wonder how the judge would feel if this woman lived near him and if he would so readily be willing to welcome her