Another Gainsborough home boarded up by police over anti-social behaviour
Another Lincolnshire property has been forcefully closed over anti-social behaviour off the back of a police raid. The house in Trinity Street in Gainsborough[1] was issued with a closure order notice by Lincolnshire Police[2] following "repeated incidents", the force said.
It will be in place until 11.59pm on March 17 and prevents anyone from remaining at or entering the property under the threat of a 51-week prison sentence, a fine, or both. A spokesperson for the force said the closure will "protect the community from being victims of anti-social behaviour and related crime".
It was deemed a necessary move to prevent "serious nuisance" or disorder after it was found that people had engaged, or were likely to engage, in such behaviour.
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The closure order was granted on December 18. It is the second property in Gainsborough to be closed following warrants that were executed as part of Operation Stronghold.
A home in King Street received a similar order in December and will be closed until March 12 after it was reported that the tenants made their neighbours feel like "prisoners in their own homes"[4]. Residents living nearby at the time said they weren't intimidated by the sight of police and approved of them "doing their job".
References
- ^ Gainsborough (www.lincolnshirelive.co.uk)
- ^ Lincolnshire Police (www.lincolnshirelive.co.uk)
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- ^ tenants made their neighbours feel like "prisoners in their own homes" (www.lincolnshirelive.co.uk)