A MAN has been banned from contacting three people after sending offensive messages.

Daniel Hill has been banned from contacting two men and a woman.

The 25-year-old of Woodlands Way, Southampton, is also not allowed to enter Cunningham Way in Portsmouth.

Appearing at Portsmouth Magistrates' Court he was charged with assault by beating and sending by means of a public electronic communications network messages that were grossly offensive or of an indecent, obscene or menacing character.

He pleaded guilty to the offences which happened on September 26 last year.

Hill has been remanded on bail.

His case has been adjourned until September 22 for a pre-sentence report to be prepared.