A DISTRICT judge has banned a west Cumbrian woman from having any contact with her mother for 28 days.
Workington-based Serena Robinson, 46, who has repeatedly flouted non-contact restraining orders that were meant to protect her mother, was given the latest ban as part of a 28-day domestic violence protection order.
The order prohibits the defendant from contacting or even approaching her mother for any reason and from going to the Workington street where her mother lives.
The order states that, in the event of a chance meeting, Serena Robinson, of Jubilee Cottages, Workington, is obliged to immediately remove herself from the area. She could be arrested if she flouts the order.
It will remain in place until midnight on September 15.
In June 2024, Robinson was jailed after a court heard how she aggressively forced her way into her mother's home, breaching a restraining which was imposed to protect her mother from Robinson’s drink-fuelled bad behaviour.
The mother had earlier lent her bank card to Robinson on condition that she would use it to buy two cans of alcohol. The defendant later told her mother she had “emptied the card.”
She spent the money, she said, on “gear and drink.”
At that point, Robinson’s breach of the restraining order was the ninth time she had committed the same offence.
The application for the domestic violence protection order was applied for by Cumbria Constabulary. The District Judge was Philip Holden.
Domestic violence protection orders are civil in nature, not criminal, but flouting one is a criminal offence.
The punishment can range from a £50 for each day a breach is committed or up to two months custody.
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