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Flat partially shut down over crime and disorder

News imageNorthumbria Police The back of a male police officer and female worker who is taping up a closure order on the window of the flat. The police officer has dark, short hair and is wearing a yellow hi-vis jacket with police written in white lettering on the back inside a blue box. The female worker has long, blonde, curly hair and is wearing a grey hoodie with white writing on the back which is covered by the hood. The closure order is on part of the window and the other side is covered up by wooden panelling.Northumbria Police
The flat in Hendon Valley Court has been partially closed for three months

A flat has been partially closed for three months due to crime, disorder and anti-social behaviour concerns.

Numerous neighbours around Hendon Valley Court in Hendon, Sunderland, had made complaints about the property, Northumbria Police said.

The court ordered partial closure means no one except the tenant, landlord or their agents, council officers or emergency services can enter the premises.

Anyone else doing so could be arrested.

Insp Jamie Southwell, of the force's Sunderland Area Command, said people living nearby "should be able to enjoy hassle-free lives without having to worry about further incidents at the flat".

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