A violent man has been banned from five Worcester pubs for two years after he clocked up a series of criminal convictions.

Antony Prosser, aged 34, of Spring Hill, Worcester, was banned from entering The Flag, The Pig and Drum and the Bridge Inn, all in Lowesmoor, The Crown in Broad Street and The Postal Order in Foregate Street.

Prosser is also banned from using foul, abusive or insulting language or gestures or being aggressive, threatening or intimidating in any public place.

The ban is part of a Criminal Behaviour Order which was put in place on Friday, September 25.

Prosser has 24 convictions for 37 offences since 1996, often related to violent disorder in Worcester city centre.

The CBO was secured after Prosser's most recent conviction, a domestic related assault which took place in May 2015.

Jennifer Willems, South Worcestershire's community harm coordinator said: "This CBO seeks to prohibit this individual from behaving in any way that causes harassment, alarm or distress to any person and from entering pubs where he has caused problems before."

The order will last for two years.