A READING man has been banned from a Wetherspoon pub and told not to drink alcohol for two months.

Cheap pints and curry nights will be off the menu for Philip Clover, of Oxford Road, Reading, after he was convicted of harassment earlier this month.

The 63-year-old admitted to using threatening or abusive behaviour with intent to cause a woman distress on July 24, 2021.

It is not clear precisely where the incident took place, however, but a court file indicates it occurred in Reading.

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Appearing at Reading Magistrates’ Court on Friday, February 18, Philip Clover was sentenced for his offence.

He was handed a community order with a number of requirements.

One demand is that Clover must abstain from drinking alcohol for 60 days.

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Another requirement of the community order forbids Clover from entering the Hope Tap Wetherspoon pub on Friar Street, Reading.

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And it will be a long time before Clover can set foot in the popular boozer again as Clover was banned from this particular pub for the next 12 months.

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Lastly, Clover must take part in up to 20 rehabilitation activity days.

In addition to this, the Reading man was told he would have to pay £200 in compensation and £85 in court costs.

His sentence was particularly strong because Clover had been handed a community order in August 2021 for another harassment conviction.

This came after Clover harassed a woman at the Swan hotel in Pangbourne between May 2, 2021 and May 16, 2021.