- Dean Chambers exclusion order extended by 6 months
- Chambers restricted from entering the area of Amington
- Injunction, exclusion order and power of arrest to remain in place until 17 November 2025
Dean Chambers, a Tamworth resident sentenced in August 2024 to a custodial sentence of 12 months for breaching an injunction and exclusion order on multiple occasions, has been given an extended injunction and exclusion order, after a judge heard new submissions.
The judge awarded the following amendments at a hearing in November:
- Dean Chambers is forbidden from entering any part of Amington.
- Chambers must not go within 50 metres of a named person who resides at a property in Amington.
- The injunction, exclusion order and power of arrest have been extended by six months to 17 November 2025.
In addition, notice is given of a court hearing following an application for possession of Chambers’ tenancy. This is scheduled for court hearing on 22 January 2025.
Tamworth Borough Council officers previously obtained an emergency injunction on 17 May 2024 against Dean Chambers, with conditions not to use threatening or abusive behaviour and not to threaten or use violence against anyone in the borough of Tamworth.
This injunction was later extended to include an exclusion order forbidding Chambers from entering his home and part of the street.
However, Chambers continued to flout the law and ignore the injunctions, so Warwick County Court determined that a prison sentence was necessary.
The full exclusion order now forbid Chambers (whether by himself or by instructing, encouraging or permitting any other person) from:
- Visiting or staying at a property in Sorrel, Amington, Tamworth.
- Approach within 50 metres of a person who resides at a property on Sorrel in Amington.
- Entering any area of Amington.
- Using abusive and threatening language toward a person who resides in, or any other person (whether residing, visiting or otherwise engaged in a lawful activity) in the locality of Sorrel, Amington Tamworth, and throughout the borough of Tamworth.
- Using violence towards or threatening to use violence towards any other person in Staffordshire.
- Engaging or threatening to engage in conduct which causes or is capable of causing nuisance or annoyance anyone who resides in or visiting in or otherwise engaged in a lawful activity in the locality of Amington and throughout the borough of Tamworth.
Councillor Sarah Daniels, portfolio holder for co-operative council, community partnerships and antisocial behaviour, said: “Chambers breached the terms of both his injunction and exclusion order on several occasions and action was taken in August this year.
“Additional action has been granted to the injunction that further forbids Chambers from entering the whole of the borough of Tamworth and from him going within 50 metres of the person residing at the property in Amington.
“Antisocial behaviour, including abuse and violence towards individuals, is a crime, terrifying anyone on the receiving end. It is a crime we take seriously, and we work with community safety partners, including Tamworth Neighbourhood Policing Team to take swift and strong action.
“If you are experiencing antisocial behaviour or any sort, please to reach out to our teams for help.”
For more information about anti-social behaviour and how to report any incidents, please take a look at the council website here: Anti-social behaviour | Tamworth Borough Council.