The tenant of a flat being used as a ‘crack house’ in a Bradford high-rise block has been thrown out of her home of eight years.

Bradford magistrates yesterday granted police an order to board up the seventh-floor premises at Taunton House in Croscombe Walk, Little Horton.

Incommunities tenant Isere Forrest, 39, was in court to hear the social landlord’s solicitor describe how her flat was at the centre of drug use and dealing and how it caused a serious nuisance to neighbours.

She was given two hours to clear her possessions before her eviction yesterday afternoon.

For the remaining residents of Taunton House the closure order, granted under the 2003 Anti-Social Behaviour Act, means they can begin to enjoy a quieter life and get more sleep at night.

One resident, who did not want to be named, said there would not be a scrap of sympathy for their former neighbour.

“At last we can get a good night’s sleep and live normal lives.

“The noise from that flat has been 24/7 ever since and before I moved in to the flats. There has been no let-up.

“No one will feel sorry for her – why should we?

“People have come and gone at all times, shouting up for drugs, being let in and then hanging around.

“People have lived with it but haven’t liked it. There has been no regard or relief for us.”

PC Jonathan Livesey said the order was “an excellent result”, especially for people whose quality of life had been badly affected for too long.

“As soon as we had the evidence we needed, we moved to shut the place down,” he said.

“We will not tolerate unacceptable behaviour that blights the lives of others.

“These actions should serve as a clear warning to those who refuse to listen to advice and persist in making people’s lives a misery.”

Police in Bradford are carrying out Operation Sparse to use legislation under the Anti-social Behaviour Act 2003 to get closure orders on other nuisance premises where Class A drugs are used, produced or supplied.

Anna Fryer, director of Incommunities’ West City office, said: “This is the successful result of the community, police and local partners working together to take a firm stand against anti-social behaviour.”

In court yesterday, magistrates were told by Forrest’s solicitor that she accepted the order “with a heavy heart” and that it would have “the same effect as a steamroller – it tends to flatten everything in front of you and for her it means losing her home of eight years”.

Incommunities’ tenants can report anti-social behaviour using the housing group’s 24-hour line on (01274) 254274.