Nightmare neighbour Paul Coombes has been served with a wide-ranging court order which covers not just his native Wood Farm but the whole of England and Wales.

On May 17 Coombes was served with a temporary Antisocial Behaviour Order (Asbo) which banned him from entering Wood Farm in Oxford and the city council evicted him from his flat in Foresters Tower.

The next day he returned to Wood Farm, breaching his Asbo, and was arrested and jailed for 28 days.

On May 26 he was brought back before Oxford Magistrates' Court and served with a four-year order.

Between now and midnight on May 25, 2009, he is not allowed to enter the Wood Farm estate.

But the Asbo also prohibited him "within England and Wales, from behaving in a manner that causes or is likely to cause harassment, alarm or distress to any person not of the same household as himself".

Coombes, 40, was taken to court as a result of plaguing residents for almost five years by playing loud music and being abusive and threatening.

People living in Foresters Tower said they would be celebrating now that the trauma of living near to Coombes was finally over.

Residents labelled him a menace to society who hung around with a group of teenagers, shouting abuse and intimidating people. Some said they avoided part of the estate for fear of meeting the father-of-four.

City councillor for the area Claire Kent said the Asbo sent out a message to the youths who looked up to Coombes as a leader that this behaviour would not be tolerated.

Councillor Susan Brown, executive member for crime and community safety, said: "I'm delighted that a really strong message has been sent that this kind of antisocial behaviour is totally unacceptable.

"I'm very pleased that the antisocial behaviour order doesn't just apply to Wood Farm but in fact to the whole of England and Wales.

"There have been concerns in the past that behaviour doesn't change but the problem is simply moved on. This should deal with that."

Steve Kilsby, manager of the council's Crime and Nuisance Action Team (CANAcT), said: "We're delighted we have got this order. This will give re-assurance to the local community who have suffered for many years from his behaviour."