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ASB case study
On 8 September 2021 several residents called us to report that their neighbour had been behaving in a threatening and aggressive manner, causing fear and alarm. The incident had been reported to the police and subsequently the neighbour was arrested and detained in custody.
Swan’s ASB Officer already had a case open against this tenant and had been working closely with police to take appropriate action. Following this serious incident, the ASB Officer, with support from Neighbourhood Officers, began gathering evidence from the affected residents and shared this with the police in the form of a witness statement. The police agreed to attend the magistrates court, along with our ASB Officer to apply for a Closure Order. A Closure Order can effectively exclude a tenant and/or any visitors from entering the premises for a period of three months. This was applied for in order to prohibit any further disorderly behaviour that was clearly significantly impacting other residents.
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100% of ASB complainants were contacted with 24 hrs
Noise App - we received a total of 1,620 recordings, a slight decrease on the previous years’ figures of 1,814 recordings of 11.97%.
On 29 September 2021 the case was presented to the court and the judge agreed to the Closure Order being granted. The property was fully secured, the locks changed, and a copy of the Closure Order was placed on the property. Nearby residents were advised that it was now a criminal offence punishable with a custodial sentence and/or a fine of up to £5,000 if anyone, including their neighbour tries to re-enter the premises so that they could call police if they saw any one attempting to enter the property.
In October 2021 our ASB Officer applied for possession of the property following the tenant being found to be causing serious anti-social behaviour. This case was considered at court on 14 April 2022 and the Judge awarded Swan possession of the property.
Throughout our investigations the residents were kept fully updated on our actions and were grateful that the ASB they had been experiencing had been resolved.
