Two nightmare offenders who have caused families "sleepless nights" have been banned from setting foot on an estate in Newcastle. Chris Scott and Adele Latham have been banned from the Byker estate following growing concerns over their behaviour, including threatening and intimidating residents.
Police also received intelligence that the pair have been exploiting a number of vulnerable residents in the area over the past two years, taking over their addresses in a practice known as cuckooing. After repeated attempts, officers from Northumbria Police have successfully secured and served injunctions on the pair.
The orders mean that Scott, who has been arrested 75 times and has 50 convictions for offences which include violent crime, theft and drug supply and Latham, who has been arrested 40 times and convicted 31 times for a range of public order and drugs offences, will face arrest if they step foot in Byker or continue to associate with each other in the east end of the city.
