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Leeds City Council has evicted a council tenant as a result of anti-social behaviour.

A Warrant to Evict notice was secured by the Leeds Anti-Social Behaviour Team (LASBT) and West Yorkshire Police at Leeds County Court, after the tenant, James Bateson, ignored a Possession Order ruling, which required that he leave 47 Belle Isle Circus in Belle Isle.

The decision to seek the initial Possession Order was taken after several instances of anti-social behaviour by the tenant, which included damage to council property, noise nuisance – and intimidating and threatening behaviour to neighbours, which were recorded as hate incidents.

After ignoring warnings to leave the property following the granting of the Possession Order, LASBT and partners say they were left with “little option” but to seek an immediate eviction order against the tenant.

Leeds City Council’s executive board member for communities, Councillor Deborah Coupar, said:

“We know the distress and misery that can be caused by anti-social behaviour in our communities – and residents can be assured we will use every tool at our disposal to put a stop to it immediately.

“Taking action through the courts is not something that we consider lightly, but we were left with no option in this case, given the tenant’s completely unacceptable conduct.

“These included incidents of hate, which is something we have said very clearly will not be tolerated in any form.

“Every person in Leeds has the right to be able to live and work peacefully in the city and we will continue to take action where we see this kind of behaviour.

“Nobody should have to suffer in silence from anti-social behaviour and I would urge anyone who is experiencing any problems to contact our dedicated LASBT team as soon as possible.”

Superintendent Sam Millar, who heads Safer Leeds, added:

“This latest action around this particular property should demonstrate our ongoing to commitment to making full use of the available legislation to target behaviour that impacts negatively on the quality of life of the community as a whole.

“People who persist in this type of behaviour should recognise that there are consequences and we hope the action we have taken here will serve as a deterrent to others.”

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