Man breached ASBO ban from Carshalton and Wallington

Gary Harrison was jailed for six weeks on Wednesday, January 18, for repeatedly breaching an order banning him from entering Carshalton and Wallington town centres.

Mr Harrison, who has been living in a small shelter in a Carshalton garden, received a five-year ASBO on October, 26 last year when he appeared at Croydon Magistrates Court charged with harassing a woman in Wallington.

He pleaded guilty and was sentenced to 28 days in prison.

The ASBO banned him from entering a large part of the borough from Hackbridge in the north to Woodcote Green in the south; and from Carshalton Road in the west to the junction of Stafford Road and Sandy Lane in the east.

His ASBO runs until October 26, 2016, however, since receiving it he has breached it three times.

Firstly, Mr Harrison was found drunk in Manor Road, Wallington on October 31, 2011.

He was swearing at police officers and threatening them with a bottle of wine.

He was sentenced to 16 weeks in prison after pleading guilty to a public order offence and breach of ASBO at Croydon Magistrates Court on November 8.

Officers found Mr Harrison walking in North Street Carshalton and arrested him for breach of his ASBO on January 12, 2012. He appeared by virtual court to Camberwell Green Magistrates Court where he was sentenced to one day in prison.

Finally, on January 18, 2012, he was found by police sleeping in a small shelter in a back garden in Talbot Road, Carshalton- within the exclusion zone detailed in his ASBO.

That same afternoon, Mr Harrison appeared at Croydon Magistrates Court and was jailed for six weeks after pleading guilty to breaching his ASBO.

PC Richard Mehrotra, of Sutton Central Safer Neighbourhoods Team, said Mr Harrison received his ASBO for repeated acts of anti-social behaviour in and around the Carshalton area.

He thanked local residents and retailers for their support in making statements to support police in dealing with Mr Harrison’s continual anti-social behaviour.