A 47-YEAR-OLD Blackburn man and his fiance can once again see each other after police withdrew a court action to keep them apart.

The Chief Constable had obtained an interim anti-social behaviour order (ASBO) which contained a condition prohibiting William Parker from being in the company of his bride-to-be Janet Dugdale.

But at the full hearing of the application police solicitor Niamh Noone removed the condition and applied for a straightforward Asbo with no specific clauses relating to Miss Dugdale.

The climb-down came despite police having logged 109 call outs in the last 12 months involving Parker and Miss Dugdale.

In asking for a standard order the police relied on three incidents, two at Blackburn Royal Infirmary and one in T J Hughes when Parker was alleged to have behaved in a disorderly manner.

Under the order made by Blackburn magistrates Parker will be prohibited for two years from behaving in a manner likely to cause harassment, alarm or distress, threatening anybody, inciting others to behave in an anti-social manner or being drunk in a public place.

Parker had spent a week in custody due to breaches of the interim order and after being released said he hoped he and his fiance could be married before Christmas.

When he was arrested in T J Hughes, after Miss Dugdale had collapsed, they had bought wedding rings and were on their way to the register office to make arrangements for their wedding.