A TEENAGER was evicted from her Newport home by police yesterday after a court heard her neighbours put up with months of anti social behaviour.

An order for the removal of the 17-year-old from the Newport City Homes owned flat in Temple Street, Pill, was granted after she breached an anti social behaviour order (ASBO) just two days after it was imposed.

Gwent Police boarded up the property last night after Caerphilly magistrates granted permission for an Anti Social Behaviour Closure Order - the first of its kind in Gwent.

PC Paula Spence told the court police received 35 complaints from residents worried about alcohol and drugs misuse at the flat as well as excessive noise since the teenager moved in in January.

She said neighbours including a disabled woman, young mum and an elderly couple, reported threatening behaviour and gangs of up to 20 people visiting the property during all hours of the day and night.

PC Spence said these included girls as young as 12 and older men as well as drug dealers known to police.

Ciaran Gould, representing Gwent Police, said officers also had concerns about the property being used for prostitution.

The court heard magistrates imposed an ASBO on the teenager last Thursday (May 21) but she breached it by committing further nuisance to neighbours two days later.

She admitted the breach at a hearing on Wednesday and will appear at Cwmbran youth court on June 22 for sentence.

Asking magistrates to invoke the order Ms Gould said: "We are using this as a last resort. She won't engage with us and because of the people around her we feel this is the only appropriate measure."

Chairman of the bench, Roger Evans, said magistrates were satisfied the teenager committed acts of significant and persistent disorder and nuisance and granted the order, which means no-one is allowed to live there for three months.

The teenager could return when the order expires but Newport City Homes have served her an eviction notice.

PC Paula Spence said last night: "This an excellent result for us, it shows we have zero tolerance to people acting in a continued antisocial manner, supporting residents and members of the public."

Neighbour Sally Wallis, 51, said she was pleased with the court result as it brought an end to the "nightmare" residents had endured in the past months.

She praised police and the community for sticking together throughout the problem.