Closure order of Gillingham address extended to three months
Sovereign and Dorset Police initially secured a temporary two-week order for 76 The Meadows in Gillingham. The case was back in course in mid-December when magistrates sitting in Poole granted a three-month order under section 80 of the Anti-social Behaviour, Crime and Policing Act 2014. This measure means that no visitors are permitted to attend the address, which is part of a block of homes. Other residents in the block are still allowed guests under the order, while access is still permitted for emergency services, the landlord and owner of the property. Helen Hann, Sovereign reg...