Subscribe to trusted local news
If you are accessing this story via Facebook but you are a subscriber then you will be unable to access the story. Facebook wants you to stay and read in the app and your login details are not shared with Facebook. If you experience problems with accessing the news but have subscribed, please contact subscriptions@thestrayferret.co.uk. In a time of both misinformation and too much information, quality journalism is more crucial than ever. By subscribing, you can help us get the story right.
- Subscription costs less than £1 a week with an annual plan.
Already a subscriber? Log in here.
22
Apr 2025
Harrogate man jailed for breaching domestic violence order
A Harrogate man has been jailed for breaching a domestic violence protection order.
Wayne Ratchford, of Fairfax Avenue, admitted to breaching the order at York Magistrates Court on Monday (April 21).
Ratchford breached the order just 13 days after it was imposed on April 5, when he contacted the unnamed complainant by leaving them a voicemail.
The 52-year-old defendant was sentenced to 28 days in custody.
A court document says the offence was so serious that it justified a custodial sentence, adding Ratchford has a “flagrant disregard for court orders”.
0