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A youth and two men receive Civil Injunction Orders

Salix Homes has secured three civil injunction orders (CIO) against two men and a youth – using legislation under the Anti Social Behaviour Crime and Policing Act 2014.

On 4 July, a Manchester County Court judge banned 18-year-old Thomas Booth from entering Mulberry Court in Pendleton, Salford, for 12 months.

The housing association applied to use the legislation after concerns of a tenant’s safety and other residents who live in the tower block.

Booth, of no fixed abode, is forbidden to use, or threaten to use violence to the tenant concerned and any other person with a right to visit or reside at Mulberry Court.

Steven Stock, aged 22, of Myrtle Place, Lower Broughton, has also been hit with a CIO after an incident involving one of our officers.

Following anti-social behaviour concerns and that Stock was keeping a dog in his flat, two officers attended the property on 31 May.

Manchester County Court heard that Stock allegedly caused a knee injury to one of the officers by kicking a large television in her direction, after she gave him a tenancy warning for noise issues.

A judge has ordered Stock to serve a 12-month Civil Injunction Order, which bans him from threatening, or using violence to any employee of Salix Homes and residents of Myrtle Place.

The housing provider has also been successful in imposing its first CIO on a youth.

The 17-year-old from Bolton is not allowed to enter a designated exclusion zone, bordered by Bury New Road, Trinity Way, Regent Road, the B5228 and the A576, for 12 months. The order was given by Greater Manchester Magistrates Court on Tuesday, 28 June and follows a number of antisocial behaviour issues in the area.

If either Stock and/or Booth break these orders, they could be arrested and sent to prison. In relation to the youth, he could be subjected to supervision or a detention order.

Sue Sutton, executive director of operations at Salix Homes, said: “These orders highlight how seriously Salix Homes takes incidents of anti-social behaviour in its neighbourhoods.

“We hope these three cases send out a very clear message that we will not hesitate to use this new legislation and take legal action.”

This was posted in Bdaily's Members' News section by Hayley Collins .