Nottingham City Council v Lee Frazer

Facts

Nottingham City Council applied for and obtained an interim Anti-Social Behaviour Injunction against Lee Frazer on 29 July 2026, at a hearing held without notice to him. The council's application arose from Mr Frazer's attendance at a retirement complex housing elderly and vulnerable residents, where his father, William Frazer, lives. The council alleged that over a long period he had financially abused his father, withdrawing hundreds if not thousands of pounds from his account without authority and bullying him into handing over smaller sums on a regular basis, with shouting, banging and threats that frightened neighbours and cost them sleep. Those allegations remained untested, and Mr Frazer had not yet had an opportunity to respond to them or to apply to set the order aside, a hearing for that purpose being listed for 28 August 2026. The interim injunction was served on Mr Frazer at 17:43 on 2 August 2026 at Clifton Police Station. On 6 August 2026 he attended his father's property in Clifton, knocking on the window and the door and, on the evidence, asking for money; the carer called the police and his father was described as visibly distressed. He was arrested and held overnight, and was brought before the Family Court at Nottingham the following day, where he pleaded guilty to the breach.