House seized from unruly tenants

Unruly tenants have been evicted from a Council house after a string of complaints about their behaviour.

There were allegations of illegal drug use from the property in Sutton in Ashfield and antisocial behaviour. When police executed a warrant there, they also found a sword and a machete, along with class A drugs.

Now, the house is back in the hands of Ashfield District Council after the authority worked to successfully evict the tenants.

The Council and Nottinghamshire Police had been receiving ongoing complaints about the behaviour of a woman and her partner at the address in Collins Avenue.

A number of sanctions were used in order to get the couple to adhere to the terms of their tenancy agreement. This included a Partial Closure Order, a Community Protection Warning, a Community Protection Notice and Fixed Penalty Notice for waste and dog fouling.

Ashfield District Council finally took further court action magistrates granted the authority a 14 day Possession Order. However, when the tenant failed to hand the keys back, a Bailiffs Warrant came into effect in early June and the property is now back in the hands of Ashfield District Council.

Cllr John Wilmott, Executive Lead for Community Safety and Crime Reduction, said:

“We will not accept antisocial or criminal behaviour from council tenants. It has a miserable effect on the lives of their neighbours and surrounding community, and as this case illustrates, we will work with our partners at Nottinghamshire Police to take robust action.”