MANSFIELD: Yobs making Stockwell Court residents' lives a misery

Yobs making Stockwell Court residents' lives a misery

Flames take hold at the warehouse
fire on Spencer Street in April this year.

A FED-UP resident living at Mansfield's Stockwell Court flats says yobs, vandals and drug users are making his life a living hell.

Thirty-eight-year-old Jason Beet says drug users have taken over the flat stairwells and claims yobs are setting fire to a nearby warehouse on Spencer Street.

Angry Jason told Chad that despite numerous phone calls to police, nothing has been done to stem the increase in anti-social behaviour.

"I'm sick to death of it – someone has broken my garage gutter which will leave me with a damp roof soon," he said. "Even if the vandals are caught it will be me paying for the repairs.

'Intimidating'

"The warehouse has been set on fire several times – it makes it intimidating to live in such an environment. I just want to get on with my life and not be disturbed by these people – there are a lot of pensioners living in these flats which makes the problems even worse."

In 2005, the Mansfield flats complex underwent a £40,000 revamp to improve security, decrease the number of people sleeping rough and reduce the amount of drug dealers hanging around the property.

But Jason says although the problems cleared up in the short term, more needs to be done to clamp down on offenders.

"I have spoken to the police and made countless phone calls but no good has come of it – I appreciate they are very busy but the situation is infuriating," he said.

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