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Tenant avoids possession order, after son is convicted of dealing drugs from council property (14 September 2016)
Date: 14/09/2016
A tenant of Sheffield City Council has narrowly avoided eviction, after the council took action when her son was convicted of drug offences which took place at her home.
Denise Binici, 63, of Galsworthy Road in Southey appeared at Sheffield County Court after the council sought possession of the property following her son’s conviction for drug offences at Sheffield Magistrates’ Court.
The court awarded a suspended possession order, meaning Ms Binici must comply with certain tenancy conditions relating to causing anti-social behaviour and criminality, or face eviction. Her son Kevin is not allowed to visit or reside at the property. The order remains in place until 31 May 2019.
Kevin Jordan Binici, 22, was found guilty of supplying a Class A drug and possessing a prohibited weapon. He was convicted at Sheffield Crown Court in July 2015 and given a four-year jail sentence after MDMA, weighing scales and other drug-related equipment were found at the property.
Cabinet Member for housing at Sheffield City Council, Councillor Jayne Dunn, said:
“We will not have tenants engaged in illegal behaviour – and take firm action on this. Ms Binici must now comply with her tenancy conditions or face eviction.”
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