The Council of the City Of Newcastle Upon Tyne v Peter Hellens

Facts

The Council of the City of Newcastle upon Tyne obtained an injunction against the defendant, Mr Peter Hellens, on 1 May 2026. Its material term prohibited him from entering the area outlined in red on the map attached to the order, being the block of flats known as numbers 9-19 Pooley Road, Slatyford, Newcastle-upon-Tyne. The order was personally served on him on 8 May 2026 by process servers acting for the council. Nine separate breaches of that term followed. Six were set out in a form N600: two on 8 May 2026, when he refused to leave the block of flats on being served and later re-entered that evening, and further re-entries on 9 May 2026, 10 May 2026, and on four occasions on 11 and 12 May 2026. There were then breaches on 19 June 2026, on 1 July 2026 — accepted before District Judge Brien on 2 July 2026, who adjourned sentencing so the matter could be considered with the other breaches — and on 4 July 2026. An earlier breach had been dealt with by District Judge Malik on 14 May 2026, when it was accepted and no further penalty imposed. Through his solicitor Miss Stephenson, Mr Hellens accepted all nine breaches, and the matter came before the court for sentence.