A SOUTHAMPTON woman has been handed a suspended sentence after breaching a restraining order.

Kelly Marie Hennessey, 37, contacted her victim, who she was banned from contacting by a restraining order, between January 15 and 18 by visiting his street in Southampton.

Hennessey was handed a restraining order banning her from contacting her victim, or visiting his address, on January 15.

Appearing at Southampton Magistrates' Court, she pleased guilty to breaching a restraining order.

Hennessey, of no fixed address, was committed to prison for six weeks suspended for 12 months.

She was also ordered to pay a victim surcharge of £122.