A 41-YEAR-old Moreton in Marsh man has been ordered to pay £130 in fines and costs for using threatening behaviour towards another man.

At Cheltenham Magistrates court this week Malcolm Swift of Anson Close admitted using threatening, abusive or insulting words or behaviour towards Patrick Maynard on August 21 this year with intent to cause fear of violence.

He was fined £80 and ordered to pay costs of £20 and a surcharge of £30.

The court listed the hearing as a 'domestic violence case.'