Neighbour from hell evicted after two-year hate campaign
NEIGHBOUR from hell Tony Poole has been booted out of his home after launching a two-year hate campaign fuelled by cocaine and heroin.
The 49-year-old terrorised his neighbours, in Stroud Road, in Tuffley, with verbal abuse since 2010.
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Evicted: Tony Poole
Many of his victims were families with young children.
He was found with crossbows, knives and air rifles, played constant loud music and let his dogs become uncontrollable, a hearing at Gloucestershire County Court was told.
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He threatened police officers, staff from Gloucester City Homes and residents who reported him.
Poole has previously had a conviction for murder quashed. He was jailed in 1990 alongside Gary Mills for the killing of Hensley Wiltshire. He was jailed but released in 2003 after his conviction was overturned.
At their trial, Mr Mills maintained he acted in self-defence after being attacked by Mr Wiltshire. Mr Poole said he took no part in the fight.
In the lead-up to his eviction, there have been 183 reported incidents of anti-social behaviour from Poole since January 2011 with a further 41 complaints about loud music over a three-month period.
It got so bad that one resident even quit their long-term home because they couldn't take it anymore.
But Poole is out on his ear after Judge Michael Harrington at Gloucestershire County Court ruled he had breached his anti-social behaviour injunction, issued to him in September, and he would not be allowed to return to his flat. He was ordered to pay £2,863 costs.
Yesterday, bosses at Gloucester City Homes welcomed his eviction from the property which is near the St Peter's High School end of Stroud Road.
Sara Taylor, anti-social behaviour manager, said: "Residents have been badly affected by Tony Poole's behaviour, at one point telling us that they felt like they were living in his crack den.
"This case has been a particularly resource intensive one for us and we are glad to finally be able to bring it to a close."
A team of enforcement officers from Gloucester City Council's environmental protection team entered his flat in December last year and seized all of his noise-making equipment.
Two months later, he was convicted of possessing cannabis and heroin in his flat.
Police chiefs have also welcomed the injunction. Chief Insp Neil Smith said: "This is an excellent result for the community.
"We hope that this helps to bring some respite to residents, most of whom are families with young children who have been hugely affected by Tony Poole."
Other anti-social tenants are being warned to curb their behaviour or face tough action.
On Tuesday, Sharon Townsend was jailed for four months after she broke her anti-social behaviour injunction five times in two days. It was her third such breach since May.
Comments
by Haw_Haw
Sunday, October 07 2012, 5:52PM
“I say, perhaps those Housing chaps could also have given him a one way ticket to Manchester. Plenty of drugs there. He'd like that...”
by jayne80
Saturday, October 06 2012, 9:37PM
“The case actualy went on for nearly 4 yrs as did his bs, The kids were picking his drugs up etc when he dropped them coz he was so outv it. He caused a mental breakdown for one mother and another to move out yet it still took 4 yrs to evict him. i am grateful that hes been moved but this shouldve been done years ago. he nearly cried in court not to go back to prison what a flipping joke!!”
by TheMoanerLisa
Saturday, October 06 2012, 9:06PM
“Something is wrong with the system thats immediately qualifies someone with such disregard for society and young familes to be re-housed.. ? This drug addict knows the system and has developed a hatred for anything decent. a few days in a homeless shelter or under a wet cardboard box should focus his mind.”
by jayne80
Saturday, October 06 2012, 12:25PM
“so much more peaceful and relaxed now hes gone. thank you gloucester city homes life can become normal now”
by Pifaw
Saturday, October 06 2012, 9:09AM
“There used to be a small square of prefabs on the edge of Winchcombe where bad tenents were housed away from decent people. I do not know if this area still exists but something similar could be surely be devised again. Put all the bad apples in one basket and let them annoy each other.”
by QuitTheEU
Friday, October 05 2012, 7:56PM
“Just a thought....if prison was a litle tougher on the poor mites perhaps they wouldn' be so damn quick to return there.”
by mitsymoo
Friday, October 05 2012, 6:10PM
“Im guessing TIG got all this information from the council who say this went on for 2 years which is false it went on for many more years than that it was first bought to their attention 4 years ago, they assigned a anti social behaviour officer who did nothing for 2 years and was taken off the case, the next asbo officer tryed alot harder than the first but it still took a hell of along time. I wouldnt wish having him rehoused next to anyone, it affected many people mainly young children who were scared to be in their own homes and still are, lets just hope now he has gone they will get some peace and normality back in their lifes.”
by valhalla2010
Friday, October 05 2012, 5:19PM
“Can we pack him off with Abo Hamza and Buba Ahmed? Ha.”
by gloscityguy
Friday, October 05 2012, 5:05PM
“13 years in jail for something you didn't do is bound to make you an angry ****”
by MentalBeaver
Friday, October 05 2012, 4:10PM
“He certainly WAS in The Citizen/on TiG before: http://tinyurl.com/9ee3hln
Joe Green, a 22-year-old Gloucester County Council worker from The Docks area of Gloucester, says he agrees that men are more likely to be attacked.
He said: "Men are more likely to be attacked than women, but we don't need to carry security devices."
Tony Poole and Michael Bourke, 45 and 24 from Tuffley, both dismissed the recommendations.
"I don't need all that," said Tony, and Michael added: "We should be allowed to carry batons."”