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Kettering PSPO results in ten convictions for anti-social behaviour (12 May 2017)

Date: 12/05/2017
Duncan Lewis, Crime Solicitors, Kettering PSPO results in ten convictions for anti-social behaviour

Kettering Borough Council and police have teamed up to tackle issues with anti-social behaviour in the borough, resulting in the conviction of nine people for breaching the Kettering town centre Public Spaces Protection Order (PSPO) and refusing to pay the £100 Fixed Penalty Notice.

The council said that one further offender was also convicted of similar offences on 24 April.

Out of the offenders, nine were handed a Criminal Behaviour Order (CBO), preventing them from consuming alcohol in a public place anywhere within the borough of Kettering, while some were also ordered not to beg or solicit money.

The council said it is thought that this is the highest number of CBOs issued simultaneously on the back of convictions of this nature across the UK – all ten individuals were fined and ordered to pay costs.

The PSPO came into force on 25 July 2016, covering Kettering town centre and adjacent residential areas to the north and east.

The council said that police and Kettering Borough Council’s Wardens had been enforcing the PSPO “tirelessly”, in order to reduce incidents of anti-social behaviour, such as street drinking and begging.

Since the PSPO’s launch, in excess of 20 Fixed Penalty Notices (FPN) have been issued, all of which were issued to those caught either street drinking and/or begging in the town centre.

All individuals were warned about their behaviour in the first instance before an FPN was issued.

The town centre has seen a rise in homelessness and with that an increase in the frequency of incidents of begging. Kettering Borough Council’s homelessness project “Turning Point” has engaged daily with all those sleeping rough to provide them with ID and rent/deposit funds to secure room rents in Kettering, or to provide temporary accommodation, said the council.

Head of Public Services at Kettering Borough Council, Shirley Plenderleith, said:

“The PSPO gives powers of enforcement to allow us to tackle issues that are particularly relevant to Kettering town centre – the CBOs issued will help prevent this behaviour with the threat of a prison sentence for re-offenders.

“The council – together with Northamptonshire Police – are seeking to improve the quality of life for residents, businesses and visitors to the town.”


Sergeant Scott Little from the Safer Community Team added:

“The police and the council have worked closely since the PSPO was introduced in Kettering and have conducted a number of joint patrols.

“The CBOs being issued for Breach of the PSPO give the police and council further powers to deal with problems around street drinking and begging in the town.”


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