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A domestic violence protection order has been granted against a trainee bricklayer after a row which started when his girlfriend allegedly received a “naked picture” on Snapchat from a man.

Student Kieran Phelps was playing cards with his partner Lois Woodward and a group of friends late on Friday when Miss Woodward the photo allegedly was revealed on a mobile phone.

A row broke out and 21 year-old Mr Phelps of Penycoed Road in Holywell , Flintshire phoned North Wales Police where he alleged he'd been assaulted by Miss Woodward, who has a flat at Erw Groes in the town.

However it was Phelps who ended up getting arrested when it was alleged he had pushed his girlfriend.

In evidence at a weekend special court at Llandudno , Phelps said when he pushed his girlfriend it was merely to defend himself after the Snapchat incident.

In the witness box Phelps claimed he’d told her off about the picture “then she started screaming and shouting at me, punched me on the leg and grabbed me by the back of the neck.”

He was scared and phoned police and six officers in two cars and a van arrived at the scene.

Philip Kenyon, representing North Wales Police, said a similar order had been granted against Phelps last January and he was seeking a new one to protect the girlfriend “from violence or the threat of violence.”

Solicitor Richard Williams, for Phelps, said neither of the couple wanted an order and Miss Woodward had been driven to court by her boyfriend, although she waited outside the courtroom.

Mr Williams urged magistrates: “There are too many uncertainties to say this order should be made.”

However a 28-day order was made during which Phelps must not contact his girlfriend.

Magistrates said it would give Phelps time to reflect and put a distance between the couple.