Four men in same family get Asbos

Jimmy and Leslie Brien must get permission to be together in public

Four members of the same south Devon family have been given Anti-Social Behaviour Orders (Asbos).

Leslie Brien, 48, Dean Brien, 26, Darren Brien, 23, and Jimmy Brien, 18, from Buckfastleigh, are said to have been consistently violent and abusive.

The Asbos ban them from being together in public without police permission, entering any pubs in Teignbridge and even "parking selfishly".

They are also banned from using offensive language in a public place.

The orders also ban the men from causing noise or disturbance.

'Enough is enough'

Between them the men have a range of criminal convictions, including affray, assault, shoplifting and various public disorder offences.

Complaints about them have included the use of threatening behaviour towards a disabled resident, as well as neighbours and police officers.

Sally Robinson, who lives next door to Dean Brien, said: "My life has been turned upside down. I'm on anti-depressants because of them, they're just nasty people."

Darren and Dean Brien are banned from all Teignbridge pubs

Ms Robinson doesn't believe the ASBOs will have much of an effect.

"Once they break it things might change, but knowing what they're like with other injunctions I don't think it's going to make a difference to begin with.

"Now to protect myself and my children I must stand up to these people because they can't be allowed to get away with it.

"There's nothing else this family can do to me. They've threatened to kill me. They will just have to hold up to their threats - I will not sit down and let this family threaten me or my children in this way."

The Brien's have already been the subjects of an exclusion order from many licensed premises in Buckfastleigh and Ashburton, and have previously broken this order.

Chief Insp Mark Moore, from Devon & Cornwall Police, which was involved in the case, said the force always tries to offer support to people whose behaviour is problematic, but there does come a point where "enough is enough", which is what happened in this case.

He said: "It is my hope that this... will not only prevent further disruptive behaviour from these individuals, but also act as reassurance to our communities that we will do all we can to protect them from those who spoil their quality of life."