‘I’M an alcoholic, if I don’t drink daily I will die,” said a man after breaching a harassment order by entering a shop to buy liquor.

Haydn Chilton was caught shopping in the Co-Op store in Banbury twice between September 29 and October 13, two weeks after being prohibited from entering the shop in court.

The 23-year-old told police he was an alcoholic who needed to drink daily or ‘he’ll die’ and the store was the only place that would serve him.

READ MORE: Student who drowned in Florida pool was a 'tragic accident'

He was not allowed to enter the store due to an attack on his partner and her ex-boyfriend last year in which he was handed a suspended sentence and a restraining order against her on September 15.

Entering the shop and breaching the order meant Chilton was also in breach of the suspended sentence.

Judge Nigel Daley sentenced him at Oxford Crown Court on Thursday (December 14) to 14 months in jail for the three breaches.

Prosecuting the case, barrister Caroline Moonan said Chilton was caught on CCTV entering the shop and on one occasion had his partner, whom he is prohibited from seeing, with him,

He was arrested on November 20 at his address in Orchard Way, Banbury, where police found the partner present.

READ MORE: Flatmates accused of raping woman they met in a bar to stand trial

Chilton said: “I’m an alcoholic and I forget things and I only went in once.” He added that his partner didn’t want the restraining order in place as the pair were ‘back together’.

The court heard that his partner had described being without Chilton as ‘having her arm cut off’. Prior to the sentencing, Judge Daly lifted the restraining order at her request despite the pair’s history and Ms Moonan advising against it.

She said she believed prison had helped him.

In January 2022 he punched her ex-partner and struck him with a glass bottle. Witnesses heard him shouting: “This is what you get for sleeping with my girlfriend. You slept with her, this is what you get for sleeping with her.”

Months later, he was accused of a number of offences by his girlfriend. In September this year, jurors acquitted him of all charges except causing actual bodily harm, which related to him damaging her fingers.

READ MORE: Trial for man who denied smuggling drugs and sim card into prison

The court heard that since being on remand this year, Chilton has made efforts to address his alcohol and mental health issues.

Judge Daly concluded: “I take into account the positive steps you have made, the positive things you have done both inside and outside of prison and the steps you have taken to address your alcohol problems.”