“A pensioner who has terrorised his neighbours for 15 years faces prison after breaching an Asbo by singing ‘Oh What a Beautiful Morning’ outside their homes.”
Daily Telegraph, 4th August 2010
Source: www.telegraph.co.uk
“The 24-hour drink licensing laws were a ‘mistake’, Association of Chief Police Officers president Sir Hugh Orde says.”
BBC News, 1st August 2010
Source: www.bbc.co.uk
“Senior Labour figures mounted a last-ditch defence of antisocial behaviour orders tonight after the home secretary, Theresa May, indicated she is to kill off Tony Blair’s flagship measure to deal with youth crime.”
The Guardian, 28th July 2010
Source: www.guardian.co.uk
“Susan Cook refused warnings to turn down her stereo volume and was given a 16-week sentence by a judge at Basildon Crown Court.”
Daily Telegraph, 13th July 2010
Source: www.telegraph.co.uk
“A woman who made her neighbours’ lives hell by having noisy sex has been spared jail for a second time.”
BBC News, 29th June 2010
Source: www.bbc.co.uk
“A 41-year-old man has cost the NHS tens of thousands of pounds in hospital treatment for a range of fake illnesses over a three-year period.”
The Guardian, 2nd June 2010
Source: www.guardian.co.uk
“A woman alleged to have driven neighbours out of their homes by her sexual activities has been banned from inviting any men around for the night except for her brothers and the emergency services.”
Daily Telegraph, 22nd May 2010
Source: www.telegraph.co.uk
“A man banned from wearing skirts or showing bare legs on school days has been found guilty of breaching an Asbo.”
BBC News, 6th May 2010
Source: www.bbc.co.uk
“Prosecutors have abandoned a legal attempt to make a young man pull his trousers up, it emerged today.”
The Guardian, 4th May 2010
Source: www.guardian.co.uk
“A ‘militant atheist’ who left explicit images in a prayer room at Liverpool John Lennon Airport has been given a six-month suspended sentence.”
BBC News, 23rd April 2010
Source: www.bbc.co.uk
Barber v Croydon London Borough Council – WLR Daily [2010] EWCA Civ 51; [2010] WLR (D) 39
“A local housing authority had acted unreasonably in seeking possession against a mentally impaired tenant for anti-social behaviour when it failed to take into account the possibility that the tenant’s mental impairment might have given rise to his behaviour. However, the fact that the tenant had successfully advanced a public law defence in a private law action meant that the council would not be preventing from bringing a fresh possession action if on reconsideration it felt it was merited.”
WLR Daily, 16th February 2010
Source: www.lawreports.co.uk
Please note once a case has been reported in one of the ICLR series the corresponding WLR Daily summary is removed.
“A man is to stand trial charged with breaching an Asbo which bans him from dressing up as a schoolgirl.”
Daily Telegraph, 8th February 2010
Source: www.telegraph.co.uk
“A woman who breached an Asbo banning her from having noisy sex has been given a suspended prison sentence.”
BBC News, 22nd January 2010
Source: www.bbc.co.uk
“A woman who was given an anti-social behaviour order banning her from making loud noises during sex has admitted breaching the order.”
BBC News, 15th December 2009
Source: www.bbc.co.uk
“An outspoken Home Office adviser said the government had let people down on antisocial behaviour and the criminal justice system was out of step with public opinion.”
The Guardian, 19th October 2009
Source: www.guardian.co.uk
“More trouble makers who break anti-social behaviour orders (Asbos) will be tracked down and prosecuted, Home Secretary Alan Johnson is to pledge.”
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BBC News, 13th October 2009
Source: www.bbc.co.uk
“His music had his neighbours Rockin’ All Over The World – but now Paul Lloyd is risking going Down Down.”
The Independent, 16th September 2009
Source: www.independent.co.uk
“A 74-year-old man from Devon has been barred from speaking to anyone aged under 18 in England and Wales.”
BBC News, 8th September 2009
Source: www.bbc.co.uk
“A busking duo who tormented a Birmingham village by continuously playing just two songs have been given an ASBO banning them from performing in the area.”
The Independent, 20th August 2009
Source: www.independent.co.uk
“The number of anti-social behaviour orders has plummeted by almost half in two years signalling the death of Labour’s flagship weapon.”
Daily Telegraph, 19th August 2009
Source: www.telegraph.co.uk
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