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2. I make this Witness Statement in support of the Claimant's application for an
injunction to stop the Defendant from causing intimidation, harassment and

alarm to me, other Council Officers and residents near his property on
Bumcroft Avenue, Enfield, EN3 7JQ. The application also seeks access to the
Defendant’s Property to enable the Claimant to carry out routine and

maintenance inspections.

Background

3. The Defendant is a secure tenant of Flat 109 Burncroft Avenue, Enfield EN3 7QJ.

4. I first visited this property in the morning of 12 July 2017 at 11.00 am after
complaints where made from the tenants at Flat 117 regarding the low

pressure of their water supply. I knocked on the Defendant's flat at 109 but
there was initially no answer, I had noticed that the front entrance door to the

property was unlocked and slightly open; I could also hear a dog barking which
appeared very aggressive. I shouted through the open door and explained that

I needed to come to his property and check the water tap but he refused to
come to the door. The Defendant was shouting and swearing at me to go

away. At that time, I had immediately backed off and called the Claimant’s call
centre who then called his mother Ms Lorraine Cordell, on my behalf who then

attended the Defendant’s Property with her brother. The Defendant’s still
refused access and was extremely vocal and so that visit did not proceed but

was re-scheduled for Thursday 13 July and then changed to Monday 17 July
as his mother was not available.

5. On 12 July 2017 at 5.39pm, I received calls from both the Leaseholder and the
Managing Agents of Flat 117 advising that their tenants’ (Mr and Mrs

Mathiyalakan) water supply had stopped completely. I also called the tenant of
113 (Mr Quinton) and he had agreed to meet me at his property:

I then called Ms Cordell and expressed urgency of accessing his property

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