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People have been banned from visiting a woman at her "less desirable" Grimsby home after it was linked to drug supply and nuisance behaviour.

Patsy Major’s home at 81, Harold Street is subject to a closure notice because it was used for the supply of drugs despite police conducting a search warrant last summer, a court heard.

At a hearing at Grimsby Magistrates Court, Mrs Major was told she can stay in the house for the meantime while her defence solicitor puts together her case - but only people on an approved list are allowed in.

Anyone breaching the order could be arrested.

An application for a closure, which is the first in North East Lincolnshire under the Anti-Social Behaviour Crime and Policing Act of 2014, was served by Humberside Police on Wednesday.

Sergeant Dan Healey posted the notice on the door of Number 81 as part of a day of action on the East Marsh to curb anti-social behaviour, criminal activity and traffic offences. Police officers were met with a torrent of abuse from people who gathered at the front of the home.

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The notice aimed to evict the occupants and close the property because of the risk of nuisance behaviour.

The application was adjourned at the Magistrates’ Court yesterday with an interim order banning visitors to the home, though Mrs Major and tenants can remain.

But anyone who enters the terraced home and is not on an authorised list will be committing an offence and will be liable for arrest.

The home was raided by police last August when two people were arrested.

Solicitor James Ketteringham, for Humberside Police said: “It has been used for the supply of drugs despite the execution of a search warrant.”

He provided a list to the court of those who can enter the home.

He added: “Any other person entering the premises will be committing an offence.”

Defence solicitor, Andrea Wilkes told the court she needed a 14-day adjournment in order to take instructions from Ms Major.

She told the hearing the adjournment would also give her the chance to see if there is an agreement that could be reached.

The landlord of the property, who was not named in court, will provide details of the tenancy to police.

He told the Grimsby Telegraph after the hearing he was surprised by the police action in serving the closure notice. But he said the home is in "a less desirable area which attracts less desirable people".

He said: “The first I heard about any problems was on Monday when there was damage to a door.

“They could do a closure notice for up to three months. No one will be allowed in. It means I will be losing income."

He added: "I want to help where I can.”

He said the application by the tenants had been assessed by an agency he uses to vet potential tenants.

They moved in in July last year.

He added: “People have got to live in a house. It is a less desirable area and attracts less desirable people.”

He called for landlords to use more CCTV to curb anti-social behaviour.

The landlord said it could have taken him six months to evict someone from a property using the current powers available to landlords.

Miss Wilkes said Mrs Major would not be commenting on the case.