Britian - A HUSBAND and wife yesterday became the first couple to be banned for life from every pub in Britain.
Robert Hughes, 37, and Lisa, 38, could be jailed if they are spotted drinking in ANY public place. The ban, part of an Anti-Social Behaviour Order, was imposed by magistrates in Pontypridd. Hughes said later: "We can't even drink on the street outside our house. My wife also has a curfew and has to be indoors at 8.30pm."
Chief Insp Dave Dando, of South Wales Police, said: "We don't tolerate anti-social behaviour and this is a good way of fighting back. "By drinking in a public place they are potentially breaching their order. That is a criminal matter and they could be arrested and sent to jail. I'd say anti-social behaviour is high on the agenda of communities everywhere in Britain.
"This law allows us to make people behave themselves." Police used CS gas to break up a row at the couple's former home in Maerdy, South Wales, last August. The couple - married for 16 years and with three children aged 21, 19 and 15, and three grandchildren - now live in Tylorstown three miles away. Mrs Hughes admitted assaulting a police officer. Her husband admitted threatening behaviour.
Robert Hughes, 37, and Lisa, 38, could be jailed if they are spotted drinking in ANY public place. The ban, part of an Anti-Social Behaviour Order, was imposed by magistrates in Pontypridd. Hughes said later: "We can't even drink on the street outside our house. My wife also has a curfew and has to be indoors at 8.30pm."
Chief Insp Dave Dando, of South Wales Police, said: "We don't tolerate anti-social behaviour and this is a good way of fighting back. "By drinking in a public place they are potentially breaching their order. That is a criminal matter and they could be arrested and sent to jail. I'd say anti-social behaviour is high on the agenda of communities everywhere in Britain.
"This law allows us to make people behave themselves." Police used CS gas to break up a row at the couple's former home in Maerdy, South Wales, last August. The couple - married for 16 years and with three children aged 21, 19 and 15, and three grandchildren - now live in Tylorstown three miles away. Mrs Hughes admitted assaulting a police officer. Her husband admitted threatening behaviour.
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