Davis and Dean mentally and physically abused vulnerable people

A homeless couple have been given anti-social behaviour orders to not enter Exeter after gaining access to council homes and forcing tenants out.

Jonathan Dean, 25, and Rhonda Davis, 33, "cuckooed" themselves into homes through mental and physical abuse of vulnerable tenants, police said.

In one case, a tenant was forced to sleep rough under bridges.

Central Devon Magistrates' Court issued the two-year orders (Asbos) to keep them out of the city.

'Fantastic result'

Exeter City Council's housing department and police applied for the Asbos after building evidence with a social housing charity.

Magistrates found that the pair had "harassed and intimidated vulnerable people in Exeter over a period of several years".

Steve Warran, head of housing services at Exeter City Council, said: "For too long our most vulnerable tenants have suffered from being harassed and intimidated by this pair.

"This case confirms we will take firm action against those who blight our communities with their anti-social behaviour."

Sgt Andy Nordqvist, from Exeter's neighbourhood policing team, said it was a "fantastic result for vulnerable members of the community in Exeter".

He said: "Both Dean and Davis were preying on vulnerable people subjecting them to intimidation and physical and mental abuse until they cuckooed them from their own homes.

"The Asbo is both proportionate and necessary to protect members of our community from future abuse."



