Man banned from Willenhall is jailed

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A man who was given an order banning him from a Coventry neighbourhood for anti-social behaviour has been jailed after being caught there just days later.



Police say Alex Burbury, of no fixed address but formerly of Nuneaton, was jailed for 49 days for failing to comply with one of the conditions of his anti-social behaviour injunction, namely from entering Willenhall.

The 22-year-old had only been given the two-year ban a few days earlier at Coventry County Court following an application from police and Whitefriars Housing.

On Monday, October 5, he was caught in the area and was brought before the courts a few hours later.

Sgt Anthony Ashton, from the Binley and Willenhall neighbourhood policing team, said: “Anti-social behaviour injunctions are used to protect the community, so it is only right that Burbury has been brought to justice for breaching the terms of his injunction.

“He’s now got time behind bars to realise that his disregard of these terms means punishment.”

Burbury will be back in Coventry Magistrates Court on Monday over an allegation that he has breached the terms of a community order.

That was given to him in June for driving in Remembrance Road, Willenhall, while disqualified and possessing cannabis.

A police spokesman said: ““Anyone who sees Alex Burbury breaching his injunction should call police on 101 or information can be given anonymously to the independent charity Crimestoppers on 0800 555 111.”

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Drugs crook jailed after police find supplies stashed behind bath panel

A bungling drugs crook was found to be stashing cocaine and heroin behind a BATH PANEL in his flat.

Alex Burbury, 24, was busted when cops found the class A drugs hidden in the bathroom of a flat he owned in Upper Ride, Willenhall.

They also recovered an imitation gun.

Burbury was locked up for five years at Coventry Crown Court, where a judge heard how a community tip off helped officers to snare the convicted criminal.

The court heard that Burbury’s fingerprint were found on the drugs.

He was arrested when police raided in a property in Yarningale Road, Willenhall, where officers found him with £1,150 in cash.

Police examined mobile phones to find evidence linking Burbury to drug deals.

Burbury was convicted of two offences each of possessing crack cocaine and heroin with intent to supply and also having cannabis.

His tenant Trena Hutchinson was also in the Upper Ride flat and she was hiding heroin and crack cocaine in her clothes.

She was convicted of possessing heroin and crack cocaine with intent to supply and will be sentenced in September.

Burbury, whose address was given in court as Birmingham Road, Ansley Village, Warks, had previously been handed an order banning him from a Coventry neighbourhood for anti-social behaviour.

He was jailed for 49 days for failing to comply with one of the conditions of his anti-social behaviour injunction, namely from entering Willenhall.