Jail for man who wore Ku Klux Klan outfit and posed with lynched golliwog – The Guardian

Posted January 9th, 2014 in ASBOs, inciting racial hatred, news, racism, sentencing by sally

‘A university graduate who posted footage of himself online dressed in a Ku Klux Klan costume hanging a life-sized golliwog doll has been jailed for 12 months.’

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The Guardian, 8th January 2014

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Foreign drug dealer wins human rights case – Daily Telegraph

Posted January 8th, 2014 in ASBOs, deportation, drug trafficking, human rights, immigration, news by sally

‘A Jamaican man who commuted to London every day to sell crack on a council estate has used human rights laws to stop a deportation order.’

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Daily Telegraph, 7th January 2014

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Naked Rambler jailed for 16 months for breaching asbo – The Guardian

Posted January 7th, 2014 in ASBOs, news, sentencing by sally

‘The so-called Naked Rambler has been jailed for 16 months after a jury took just two minutes to find him guilty of breaching an antisocial behaviour order designed to prevent him from appearing nude in public.’

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The Guardian, 6th January 2014

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Prisoner becomes first inmate to be given a CRASBO – Daily Telegraph

Posted October 21st, 2013 in ASBOs, domestic violence, harassment, news, prisons, sentencing by sally

“A convicted prisoner, with a history of violence against women, has become the first person to be issued with a CRASBO while still in jail.”

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Daily Telegraph, 17th October 2013

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Pensioner handed jail sentence for selling crack cocaine – The Independent

Posted October 16th, 2013 in ASBOs, drug offences, elderly, news, sentencing by sally

“A ‘flamboyantly’ dressed pensioner who would leave his sheltered housing to sell crack cocaine in Soho, London has been jailed.”

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The Independent, 15th October 2013

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New antisocial measures won’t work, says Government’s Victims’ Commissioner – The Independent

Posted June 24th, 2013 in ASBOs, complaints, news, police, victims by sally

“The woman appointed by David Cameron to represent victims of crime, whose husband was killed by a gang of youths, has criticised two key aspects of the Government’s new antisocial behaviour reforms.”

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The Independent, 23rd June 2013

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Rhyl mosque fire attack: ‘Racist’ John Parkin jailed – BBC News

“A former serviceman has been jailed for trying to set fire to a Denbighshire mosque after hearing about the murder of soldier Lee Rigby in London.”

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BBC News, 20th June 2013

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‘Naked rambler’ Stephen Gough jailed for breaching Asbo – The Independent

Posted June 19th, 2013 in ASBOs, news, public order, sentencing by sally

“The ‘naked rambler’ has been jailed for 11 months after being found guilty of breaching an anti-social behaviour order (Asbo) banning him from being naked in public just minutes after it was imposed.”

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The Independent, 19th June 2013

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Birmingham City Council v James (Secretary of State for the Home Department intervening) – WLR Daily

Posted May 23rd, 2013 in appeals, ASBOs, gangs, injunctions, law reports, local government, violence by sally

Birmingham City Council v James (Secretary of State for the Home Department intervening) [2013] EWCA Civ 552; [2013] WLR (D) 185

“If the conditions in section 34 of the Policing and Crime Act 2009 were met then an injunction to prevent gang-related violence was appropriate. The court would not be required to ask itself whether an anti-social behaviour order under the Crime and Disorder Act 1998 would have provided an adequate remedy.”

WLR Daily, 17th May 2013

Source: www.iclr.co.uk

Anti-social behaviour – The future – Hardwicke Chambers

“In February 2011 the Home Office produced the consultation document ‘More Effective Responses to Anti-Social Behaviour’ – a response to the earlier document ‘The Coalition: our programme for government’.”

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Hardwicke Chambers, 12th April 2013

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‘Naked rambler’ given Asbo by Southampton magistrates – BBC News

Posted March 1st, 2013 in ASBOs, indecent exposure, news, public order, recidivists by tracey

“A man known as ‘the naked rambler’ has been given an interim Anti-social
Behaviour Order (Asbo) banning him from going nude in public places.”

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BBC News, 28th February 2013

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‘He is the devil himself’: Britain’s youngest ever ASBO holder, once branded an ‘imp of Satan’, turns to murder 10 years on – The Independent

Posted February 13th, 2013 in ASBOs, murder, news, recidivists, sentencing by sally

“A man has been found guilty of murdering his friend at a house party almost 10 years after he became Britain’s youngest ever ASBO holder.”

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The Independent, 12th February 2013

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Nagging wife given an ASBO after keeping neighbours awake for three years – Daily Telegraph

Posted December 21st, 2012 in ASBOs, news, noise by tracey

“A nagging wife has been given an ASBO after keeping neighbours awake for three
years with her constant quibbling.”

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Daily Telegraph, 20th December 2012

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ASB and Possession – NearlyLegal

“Birmingham CC v Ashton is a case which illustrates the difficulty that judges face when they are invited to make possession orders on the grounds of nuisance and anti-social behaviour against tenants with mental health problems.”

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NearlyLegal, 16th December 2012

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Not round these parts – NearlyLegal

Posted October 22nd, 2012 in ASBOs, housing, judicial review, local government, news, young persons by sally

“Did historic ASB by the daughter of a former evicted tenant allow the local authority to refuse to allow her accommodation in the same area? This was the issue in this judicial review of Bolton-at-Home’s (‘Bolton’) decision to refuse a property to Ms Carney.”

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NearlyLegal, 21st October 2012

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Paul Smith given Asbo over bomb-making hobby – BBC News

Posted September 4th, 2012 in ASBOs, drug offences, explosives, news by tracey

“A man who had a ‘bomb workshop’ at his Hull home has been given a 10-year anti-social behaviour order banning him from owning certain fireworks.”

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BBC News, 3rd September 2012

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Man jailed for urinating on Gloucestershire war memorial – The Independent

Posted July 9th, 2012 in ASBOs, guilty pleas, news, outraging public decency, sentencing by sally

“A man who urinated on a plaque in a war memorial in South Gloucestershire and scratched the word “prick” into the pavement has been jailed for 11 weeks.”

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The Independent, 6th July 2012

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London 2012: Protester’s banning order extended – BBC News

Posted June 20th, 2012 in ASBOs, news, public order, sport by sally

“A man barred from protesting at the site of an Olympic basketball training facility has had his banning order extended by two years.”

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BBC News, 19th June 2012

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Overview of The Government’s White Paper on Anti-Social Behaviour Responses – Hardwicke Chambers

Posted May 28th, 2012 in ASBOs, local government, news, police by sally

“The Government has now issued its White Paper on the much-heralded changes to the methods presently used to tackle anti-social behaviour.”

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Hardwicke Chambers, 24th May 2012

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Asbo facelift won’t protect the vulnerable – The Guardian

Posted May 23rd, 2012 in ASBOs, news by sally

“The asbo is dead – but a brace of souped-up new jargon is no shortcut to solving the problem of antisocial behaviour.”

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The Guardian, 22nd May 2012

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