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The Link Magazine • July 2006 Free classifieds now available
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Photographs taken by The Link Returning to court in early June
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ris and two other males carrying ris that he had avoided detention
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trying to protect himself, observe a 7pm to lam curfew for
The court heard from Link pub- six months, in addition to the con-
lisher Roger Ogle that the incident ditions of the ASBO.
took place in full public view when The judge told Morris that fail-
hevisitedthevillagecentretopho- ure to comply will mean a return
tograph residents and report on to court and a possible jail term.
environmental improvements de- Back in court
signed to make the area safer. He Morris and two other boys from
said the fight broke out within Freshbrook were due in court on
yards of local people including 23 June for a pre-trial hearing on
several children which caused charges relating to the Public Or-
alarm and distress to himself and der Act when local policeman PC
others. Paul Matthews was threatened
The jury found Morris guilty of with a knife in Godolphin Close on
breaking the conditions of two 6 February.
ASBOs and sentence was deferred Morris is also charged with a
pending reports. further breach of his ASBO.

New sergeant in charge of West team
PC Tim Titchner described in the May Link how the expanded team
of police officers and community support officers based in West
Swindon are bearing down on crime and anti-social behaviour in the
area with increased uniformed patrols, using hand held video sur-
veillance and monitoring CCTV cameras more effectively.
Now Sergeant Nick John,
right, 28, has joined the West
Sector Police Team to drive the
community policing agenda for-
ward.
Originally from Wootton
Bassett he joined the Metropoli-
tan Police in 1998 where he rose
to sergeant in 2002. Nick was
involved with the early projects
to establish neighbourhood po-
lice teams in south London and
will be bringing his experience
in tackling low level crime and
anti-social behaviour.