HEROIN addict Jeffrey Ward, 28, has become the first person in York to be sent to prison for breaching an antisocial behaviour order (ASBO).

He was arrested while begging outside York Station on Thursday evening.

Earlier that day, the Evening Press revealed that Ward, of Clementhorpe, had gone back to the streets within hours of receiving an ASBO that banned him from begging.

He appeared before York Magistrates again yesterday and was sentenced to 14 days in prison.

Updated: 09:26 Saturday, March 27, 2004