Get out! Nuisance family told to leave Dudley home

Now Shane and Jodie Whyte have been told they must leave their home or be evicted by Dudley Council.

The council successfully secured an anti-social behaviour injunction and possession order against the couple in a bid to put an end to the long-running problems.

It came after some of the residents came forward to give evidence of their suffering at the hands of the family in court.

The council said the problems had started with complaints about the couple's children being abusive and threatening towards neighbours in Highgate Road, Dudley.

The council said the problems had then escalated with reports of drunken and violent behaviour, targeted abuse and threats, damage to council property and the use of cannabis.

While father-of-four Shane Whyte was also taken to court after hurling racist abuse at an Asian neighbour and hitting him over the head with a three feet long piece of wood allegedly picked up in the street.

The 35-year-old had downed 14 cans of lager before launching the verbal and physical attack on 58-year-old grandfather Abdul Wahid at a block of flats in Highgate Road.

Dudley Magistrates Court heard he had shouted at the victim, 'Why don't you go back to your own country?'

He hit the victim over the head with the wood but ran off after passing motorists stopped the assault at around 6pm on June 21 last year. Whyte claimed to have punched the victim in the face and struck him with the piece of wood just once but conceded he remembered little.

Despite admitting racially aggravated assault, he was spared jail by District Judge Michael Wheeler as he was facing eviction following the court proceedings already launched by Dudley Council. He was instead given a 16-week jail sentence, suspended for a year, with 100 hours unpaid work and £280 costs.

An interim injunction was obtained by Dudley Council's anti-social behaviour team on November 5, 2014.

This placed an exclusion zone on the couple and ordered them not to use threatening or violence behaviour or do anything which could be construed as nuisance against individuals, witnesses or employees of the council.

Following continued problems the couple were brought to court on June 3 where the judge granted a one-year extension to the injunction. The judge also added a power of arrest to Mr Whyte's injunction after his conviction for racially aggravated assault. The council also obtained a possession order that will force the family to find alternative accommodation in the next couple of weeks or face eviction.

Councillor Gaye Partridge, cabinet member for housing said: "This is an excellent result for everyone living in the area as it shows that we will not put up with anti social behaviour in our borough.

"I would like to say thank you to everyone who has made this injunction possible, in particular the residents living in the area. It is your courage which has made this possible. I hope this action serves as a warning to anyone else who feels that they can act in an inappropriate way – we will take action."