The group said it wanted to 'raise awareness'
The chairman of a Nottingham community group complained to police after he claimed that city council staff tore down posters at their building. Phil Merry says he was told during a meeting on February 7 that if the Mapperley Community Association did not hand over the keys, they could face eviction from the Mapperley Community Centre on Woodborough Road, which they have used since 1957.
During that meeting, Mr Merry says the council said that eviction was "never an option." Instead, Phil Merry says the council is keen to negotiate on the signing of a new lease which will move the Mapperley Community Association on to a commercial level of rent.But Mr Merry says the uncertainty around the initial eviction threat has cost the group around £4,000.
"The only reason we made them is because the council threatened us with eviction. We are already out of pocket because of that, so I was furious to then see the council coming to rip the posters down without warning." The council says a poster referred to a city council officer by name, which was considered "inappropriate." The council also said in the email, sent on March 17, that "by placing posters of this nature in the public domain, the centre has engaged in anti-social behaviour, with conduct that has caused, or is likely to cause, harassment, alarm or distress to any person."
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