Committal for Contempt of Court: Lancaster City Council v Bailey
| Jurisdiction | England & Wales |
| Judgment Date | 05 August 2022 |
| Docket Number | F00LA025 |
| Court | County Court |
| Subject Matter | Committal for Contempt |
IN THE COUNTY COURT AT LANCASTER
CASE NUMBER F00LA025
BEFORE DISTRICT JUDGE McATEER
BETWEEN
LANCASTER CITY COUNCIL (Claimant)
-and-
JOANNE BAILEY (Defendant)
SENTENCING FOR CONTEMPT OF COURT ON THE 4th AUGUST 2022
1. Joanne Bailey appears before me for sentencing for contempt of Court following a
committal application made by Lancaster City Council on the 7th June 2022, as
amended following an application made on the 15th July 2022. On the 20th December
2019 Joanne Bailey was made subject to an injunction made under Section 4 of the
Anti-Social Behaviour, Crime & Policing Act 2014. Subsequently the period of time
to which Ms Bailey is subject to the injunction has been extended and it is now in
place until 22nd January 2025.
2. The injunction sought to prohibit anti-social behaviour by Ms Bailey towards her next
door neighbour, Rachel Wiez. Ms Bailey and Ms Weiz live in adjoining properties.
Ms Bailey owns her property. Over a period of years Ms Bailey’s conduct towards
her neighbour and her neighbour’s lodgers and guests has been subject to numerous
complaints to Lancaster City Council. The behaviour the injunction prohibits is, in
summary: abusive, offensive, threatening or intimidating language; throwing stones or
other items or missiles at her neighbour’s property or vehicle; damaging her
neighbour’s house or vehicle; and noise nuisance audible outside her property.
3. There have been a number of breaches of the injunction since it was imposed. Ms
Bailey has been sentenced to a suspended period of imprisonment for 3 breaches on
the 11th February 2019; a further suspended period of imprisonment for 8 breaches
and 3 breaches of an undertaking on 20th December 2019; immediate imprisonment
for a one breach on the 13th January 2020, along with activation of a previous
suspended sentence; immediate imprisonment for 2 breaches on the 19th May 2020; a
suspended period of imprisonment for one breach on the 7th August 2020; immediate
imprisonment for 6 breaches on the 8th October 2021, along with activation of a
previous suspended sentence; and a suspended period of imprisonment on the 19th
April 2022 for 2 breaches.
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