The house was shut down by Merseyside Police
A house that was making neighbours’ lives a misery was shut down by police. Merseyside Police enforced a closure notice against a property on Liverpool Road in St Helens on Friday, October 18.
Police attended the property at 109 Liverpool Road along with representatives from housing provider Torus. Photos showed a notice being placed on the door of the property.
Police apply to the courts for a closure order, leaving the offending property tinned or boarded up completely for a period of time – usually around three months.
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The orders, which can be requested by Merseyside Police or the council, are put in place to allow communities to settle down and return to normal, while the people responsible for causing trouble have to find somewhere else to live.
Closure orders also mean no-one can enter the flat or house concerned without permission of the court. Neighbourhood policing inspector Josh Griffiths said the court order came as a result of activity taking place at the address in recent months that had impacted the local community.
He said: “Today 109 Liverpool Road has been closed by means of a court order under S.80 of The Anti-Social Behaviour Crime and Policing Act 2014 using a partnership approach between Merseyside Police and Torus Housing evidencing criminal and anti-social behaviour.
“The activity in recent months from this address has adversely affected the local community and I hope this closure order gives residents some deserved respite.
Let me be clear, if you engage in anti-social and/or criminal behaviour that causes misery within the community where you reside the full weight of the law will be levied against and you could find yourself faced with a court order such as this one.
“My sincere thanks to Torus Housing for their assistance and the hard work of my officers in securing this closure”.
