A MAN facing a string of allegations of public order, criminal damage and breaching a restraining order at Chard and Yeovil has had his case adjourned until next month after the court heard he was too ill to appear in court.

Alan David Burstow, 41, of no fixed address, is charged with damaging a Ford fiesta belonging to Adam Cox and an Audi A5 belonging to Tomasz Gorka at Chard on September 22.

He is also alleged on the same date to have damaged the front door of a property belonging to Stonewall Housing Association and entered an address in Coker Way, Chard, which he was prohibited from doing so by a restraining order imposed by Somerset Magistrates in September last year.

The defendant is also charged that on October 1 at Yeovil with intent to cause two females harassment, alarm or distress, he used threatening, abusive or insulting words or behaviour.

Burstow was due to appear before Somerset Magistrates at Yeovil but his solicitor Sam Morton said his client’s GP had written a letter to say he was not fit to attend due to his mental health difficulties.

The Bench adjourned the case until November 10 to enable more medical information about Burstow to be put before the court and to assess when he will be able to appear.

In the meantime they extended his bail with conditions not to contact named witnesses directly or indirectly, not to go to Coker Way in Chard and not to go to Eleos Café in Chard.