Following more than a year’s worth of dedicated work and persistence by the Ryde Neighbourhood Policing Team, 50-year-old Jamie Evans has been handed a Criminal Behaviour Order (CBO).
Criminal Behaviour Orders, which have replaced ASBOs, are imposed by a court and can restrict where you go, who you associate with, and what activities you are allowed to take part in. Breaching the order is a criminal offence, which can lead to a prison sentence.
Evans has continually been involved in criminality, violence and anti-social behaviour, which has had a detrimental impact on the livelihood of residents and businesses in Ryde.
Police have been investigating as many as 60 offences alleged against Evans from 6th July 2019 to as recent as 16th August this year. The offences include around 20 incidents of anti-social behaviour, including drug use and street drinking, as well as shoplifting, public disorder, assault, burglary, possession of an offensive weapon and breaches of COVID-19 legislation.
On 30th July this year, Evans was convicted in court of drugs and weapon offences for which he was sentenced yesterday (25th August) to a community order. His wider catalogue of offending was used as evidence in addition to this to secure the CBO, which was granted by Isle of Wight Magistrates’ Court yesterday.
Under the conditions of the CBO, Evans is banned from entering any of the areas shown within the red area on the map. The coloured points on the map indicate areas where he has offended previously.
He is also required to engage with drug and alcohol support services, and is prohibited from causing a nuisance or annoyance to anyone in public on the Isle of Wight whilst under the influence of drink or drugs.
If he does not abide by these rules, he could end up in prison.
Sergeant Sam Warne, from Ryde NPT, said:
“Jamie Evans has caused misery to the local community for far too long, and made life unbearable for those who live and work around Ryde.
“We have worked tirelessly with partner agencies, affected residents and the community of Ryde to ensure that something is done to put a stop to his awful behaviour.
“I hope this CBO reassures the local community that while there may not always be the evidence to pursue a criminal conviction through the courts, we will continue to investigate and build a bigger picture to seek an alternative route to tackling criminal and anti-social behaviour.
“We will be undertaking further work in the community off the back of this result, and continue to encourage anyone who is affected by anti-social behaviour in the area to contact Ryde NPT via our website or by calling 101.”
Hampshire Constabulary have decided not to release a photograph of Evans.
Put him down , best thing for it tbf
I thought for a moment this was a plan of where Captiva were next going to build over, but then, after checking I soon realised that that area would encompass far more of our small remaining area of farmland, wildlife and countryside left in Ryde.
Once it has gone, it will never, ever come back, and many of the houses will be for the likes of this cretin, who has been, and likely it’s clones will be vile from cradle to unfortunately long grave.
On the topic of greenery that like you say, once developed on is nigh on impossible to recover, would it not make sense for a “greenbelt” like system to be created around areas surrounding towns? Or would that impact the money the council can make from development projects and rent charged for tenants?
A long grave? Is he exceptionally tall, then? Still, it’s helpful to know that he’s a lanky bloke, might stand more chance of identifying him if he strays where he shouldn’t – given the absence of a photo from this report, that’s about the best we can expect ….
A picture would be useful. Then if I ever find myself being annoyed by this man, I can just get the old bill on the case.
If he is banned from all the streets in the areas indicated in the map, where does he live then? Give us a clue.
If he was found guilty of the offences referred to why isn’t he in prison anyway.
Because our jails are full of those we can no longer blame for anything, clearly all wrongly convicted.
Exactly what I was thinking. Shows how rubbish the justice system is if this man can have 60 offences and still be free. Something is wrong with this country.
60 offences in a year and he’s still knocking about free to roam around any other town on the Island. And there’s no photo, great.
Another joke sentence by judiciary. Who happily let individuals make many law abiding citizens suffer. Sure he’ll be a reformed character. Social services will continue to throw money at rubbish.
What about his wife? And Emma… just as bad
Thank you Sargent Winchester.
Well done sarge.
. Why did the community in this area not get together and sort the problem. It cannot be only down to the police.
Vigilante’s that is what the island needs.
Oh what a great idea. Ban him from one place so he can just move on to the next town to cause misery there. By the time he gets round each town on the island he should be free to start in ryde again.
His photo is on Hampshire Live
no it’s not!
Sadly, someone like this probably won’t do as he’s told and won’t make a lot of difference to his behaviour. Lock him up for a while.
What about the rest of them? One person can’t do that on his own. I live in the same street as the Police Station and they don’t come out for anything. Too busy with their takeaways.