Residents get lives back after yob is evicted

A man who terrorised neighbours with violent drunken rages when asked to turn his music down has been evicted from his flat.

Carl Curran, 40, threatened residents of Wingate Crescent despite signing an "acceptable behaviour contract" with Croydon council.

He smashed all the communal windows on the seventh floor of the block, the council said.

The windows were replaced but Curran destroyed them again. He was arrested on suspicion of criminal damage but police decided not to charge him.

Following the eviction, councillor Dudley Mead said: "The officers involved showed extreme resolve in standing up to his intimidating behaviour and getting the successful outcome at court. Residents have got their lives back."