× POLICE have again been called to an estate blighted by antisocial behaviour - this time arresting a man for a reported assault.
Residents around Middlecliffe Mews, Middlecliffe have been given assurances that police and council officers are investigating repeated reports of disorder emanating from the private housing block.
And at around 3.40am yesterday, South Yorkshire Police arrested a 30-year-old man on suspicion of assault.
It’s understood My Space Housing, which runs the supported living accommodation, is co-operating with local councillors and considering holding a public meeting.
The council’s Safer Neighbourhood Service is also seeking people who are willing to give evidence to ‘establish the extent of the problem’, said a letter sent to households in the area, dated Tuesday July 6.
× INVESTIGATIONS are underway over reports of antisocial behaviour coming out of an estate hit by ‘horror tenants’ in a private housing block.
Residents are being urged to provide evidence to Barnsley Council’s Safer Neighbourhood Service and South Yorkshire Police about issues at Middlecliffe Mews, Middlecliffe - which were revealed by the Chronicle last week to have included people partying and arguing in the early hours, abusing passers-by and, on one occasion, a man being found half-naked in a resident’s garden.
It’s understood My Space Housing, which runs the supported living accommodation, are co-operating with local councillors and are considering holding a public meeting.