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Published Date: 07 January 2010
YOB tenants have ignored a court order to quit their Sheffield council flat - and are now set to be booted out.
Judge John Swanson told tenant Rachel Smith and her boyfriend James Johnson to leave the flat they share in Ridal Close, Stocksbridge, by December 23.

But the couple ignored the order, made at Sheffield County Court, and have failed to hand in the
ir keys to landlord Sheffield Homes.

A spokeswoman for the company said: "We will now be taking action to evict them."

During the court hearing, at which Sheffield Homes and Sheffield Council were granted a possession order for the flat, it was revealed Smith and Johnson, both 35, had committed "aggressive and intimidating behaviour on the estate".

When one neighbour complained about loud music played from their flat, his window was covered in paint.

It was also claimed Mr Johnson was aggressive to housing officers who visited Miss Smith's property.

And last February, the court was told Smith assaulted another resident and an employee of maintenance company Kier Sheffield, who had been called out after Johnson lost the keys to his flat, in nearby Rydal Avenue.

Smith pleaded guilty to two counts of battery at Sheffield Magistrates' Court in May and received a non-custodial sentence. Johnson was evicted from his own property for terrorising pensioners - but moved in with Smith.

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  • Last Updated: 07 January 2010 7:50 AM
  • Source: Sheffield Star1
  • Location: Sheffield
 
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bladesboywoodhouse,

07/01/2010 12:01:46
Kick them out !!
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Mjb66,

07/01/2010 14:37:02
Never offer them a tenancy with sheffield homes again.
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Halibut,

08/01/2010 08:24:08
They'll be ok - the Housing Associations will fall overthemselves to offer them a new home and more victims to terrorise
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Freeman of this land,

08/01/2010 09:09:58
Forcibly remove these two people,put them in separate hostel accommodation and reduce their benefits.
They are parasites on society who have been given chances to show they can live law abiding lives in a community and have refused to live by our rules.
Unfortunately this government broke it's collective neck to sign the discredited "Yuman Rites Act" so someone,somwhere will have to rehome these two.
Better still, put them in one of Blair's 5 homes then he will see what he is responsible for.
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yorkshireguy,

sheffield 08/01/2010 12:25:36
Freeman of this land, I agree with most of what you have said in your post however where in this story does it say that they are on benefits. Are you assuming that all yobs are on the dole.
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