A TOWN centre vagrant appeared before magistrates hours after he was released from prison.

Cyril Maher, aged 45, was charged with breaching his anti-social behaviour order (ASBO) for the second time in two weeks.

He had just finished serving 14 days behind bars for breaching his order for the first time on September 20.

Yet, a few hours later, Maher was re-arrested after town centre CCTV alerted police to his presence in Bridge Street with an open bottle of alcohol.

He was discovered in a drunken state in Sankey Street, another area he is prohibited from entering.

PC Mark Williams said: "We will not tolerate such blatant disregard for anti-social behaviour orders.

"Magistrates impose strict conditions on offenders to curb their behaviour and any breaches of these conditions are taken very seriously by police."

Under the terms of his two year order, the homeless man is prohibited from drinking, or being found in possession of alcohol in an open container in any public place, being found drunk in a public place and entering Bridge Street and Sankey Street in the town centre.

Maher has been released on bail and is due to appear at Warrington Magistrates' Court on December 2.