A nightmare drug flat was tinned up after complaints from innocent neighbours.
People living on King Street in Wallasey complained their lives were being made a misery by the activities taking place at a flat in the heart of the road. Neighbours reported people were going to the flat, at number 69, and engaging in anti-social behaviour and drug-related criminal activity.
The behaviour included threats to people on the street, shouting, swearing, drug use and people banging on the property to be let in at anti-social hours. Wirral Council’s Anti-Social Behaviour Team started receiving complaints on November 5, 2021 , but despite a closure warning being served to the tenant, the behaviour continued.
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A closure notice was served on the property on June 7, only allowing the tenant to remain until a full hearing. On the June 10 a three-month Full Closure Order was granted by Liverpool Magistrates Court to prevent anyone from entering the property and provide much need respite to the local community.
On Monday, June 20, Wirral Council and Merseyside Police successfully closed the flat and the tenant was removed from the property.
The order remains in place until September 13, 2022, and prohibits any person from entering the property unless they have permission to do so from Wirral Anti-Social Behaviour Team. Anyone found to be in the property with no legal entitlement to be there are subject to being arrested and are liable for a prison sentence of up to three months or a fine of up to £5,000 or both.
