A MAN who was given a last chance by a judge after threatening another man with a shovel has had his case brought back in to court.

Daniel Smith, now 24, was sentenced to a community order on May 12 for affray and threatening the man with an offensive weapon at an address on Gurnos Road, Ystradgynlais on November 3 last year.

As part of this, Smith was required to complete 25 days of rehabilitation activity requirement.

However, he was back in court in July after the probation service reported he had “fully disengaged” with them.

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Smith, now of Castle Street in Swansea, had not been in contact with the probation service for a month, the court heard, and he had failed to attend four appointments – one of which he had an acceptable absence for.

On that occasion, Recorder Neil Owen-Casey gave six weeks to start complying with the order.

However, at the end of the six weeks, Smith didn’t show up to court.

Recorder Owen-Casey said he “couldn’t have made it any clearer” to Smith what would happen if he failed to comply with the order, and a bench warrant was issued.

On Monday, September 4, Swansea Crown Court heard that Smith had been arrested and was now in custody.

He was due to be committed for breaching his community order, but prosecutor Harry Dickens said Smith was due back in court next week on an unrelated charge of making threats to kill.

Judge Geraint Walters adjourned the case until Tuesday, September 12 so that both cases could be dealt with at the same time.