A MAN has been charged with allegedly breaching a dispersal order in force in Winchester city centre.

Gary Trevor Page, 48, of Walpole Road, was arrested last Wednesday and been charged with failing to comply with the order imposed for the Kings Walk area.

He is due to appear at Basingstoke Magistrates Court on August 19.

The order was imposed after chronic anti-social behaviour and officers are “taking active measures to tackle this problem”.

The order was due to run until last Thursday and covers the area surrounding the city centre. It gave officers the power to disperse people loitering.

Insp John Stribley said: “We are listening to the concerns of local residents and the local businesses that make up our city.”