A man has admitted to breaching his anti-social behaviour injunction after being accused of terrorising residents on an estate.

Jason Knowles, 42, of no fixed abode, received the injunction last October after complaints he was causing problems in the Louise Close area of Great Yarmouth.

Knowles was accused of repeated verbal abuse and making threats to people on the estate. On one occasion he was accused of physically assaulting a person living there. 

He was arrested on January 8 for breaching the injunction after being accused of assault at Louise Close.

After initially running and hiding from police, he was captured nearby with injuries to his hands and blood on his shirt. 

Knowles admitted to breaching the injunction at Great Yarmouth Magistrates' Court on February 26.

He was sentenced to two months in prison, suspended for the duration of the injunction, which remains in place until November 2.

The injunction now bans Knowles from Louise Close and the surrounding area. 
 
Councillor Graham Plant, Great Yarmouth Borough Council’s portfolio holder for Operational Property and Asset Management said:

‘’In order to build safer and stronger communities, the council works closely in partnership with Norfolk Constabulary using all available tools, including anti-social behaviour injunctions, in order to protect tenants who are negatively impacted by the behaviour of a small handful of people.

"As always, we would like to thank members of the community who report their experiences of anti-social behaviour because it helps the tenancy services team to achieve the necessary outcomes where repeated informal interventions with a focus on support have been exhausted and failed to achieve positive changes."