A MAN has been banned from attending a veterinary clinic after pleading guilty to being threatening or abusive.

Mark Graham Richardson, 26, of Penrith Street, Barrow, appeared at South Cumbria Magistrates' Court in Barrow on October 19 to answer the charge from September 5.

He was banned from attending Grove Veterinary Centre, in Rawlinson Street, Barrow, and fined £140. He was also ordered to pay a victim surcharge of £30 and court costs of £85.

Richardson also pleaded guilty to failing to surrender to custody at court a day earlier, but no further penalty was given for this offence.