Bassetlaw District Council’s application for interim anti-social behaviour injunctions against a tenant on Kilton Glade and her two sons was granted by the District Judge at Mansfield County Court on 16th April 2012. The three injunctions followed years of anti-social behaviour reported by other residents. None of the defendants attended Court and the injunctions were granted in their absence and listed for a further hearing in May 2012.

The injunctions prevent the three defendants from a number of activities, including harassing others in the locality, playing loud music or making loud noise inside or outside the premises. Two of the defendants are prevented from consuming alcohol in the garden or in the street outside the address.

Power of arrest has been attached to the injunctions of two of the defendants as the Court felt they presented a significant risk of harm to other members of the community.

Gerald Connor, the Council’s Community Safety Coordinator commented, “The Council is determined to act against anti-social behaviour across the District. These injunctions serve as a stern warning that anyone who persists in making life unpleasant for the rest of the community will be dealt with. Bassetlaw belongs to everyone, not just the few who seem to think they can do exactly as they please and repeatedly behave in ways that decent folk find offensive and unacceptable.”