City of York Council has secured a postponed possession order against a tenant who made her neighbours lives a misery.

Lisa Casey of Middleton Road, Acomb was made the subject of the order during a hearing at Leeds Combined Courts on Friday. It means that if Mrs Casey breaches the terms of her tenancy agreement again in the future, the council will be able to give her seven days notice that they intend to apply to the court for possession of the property. The order will remain in place until August 31 2008.

During the hearing, Mrs Casey admitted a number of breaches of her tenancy agreement, including several incidences of noise nuisance and anti-social bahviour caused by young people gathering both inside and outside the property. Some of these breaches date as far back as 2004.  The court also received details of damage caused to the property by Mrs Casey's children.

One of the most serious breaches occurred in October 2006, when a noise abatement notice was served in response to noise nuisance coming from a party at the property. Both Mrs Casey and her son were convicted of criminal offences in connection with the same incident after police were called to the scene.

A City of York Council spokersperson said: "The judge agreed with the council that it was right that an order should be made against Mrs Casey.  Even when nuisance behaviour is caused by a tenant's children or their visitors, the tenant is responsible for the effect that it has on neighbours.

"Nuisance behaviour is not necessarily something that happens every day for months.  A one-off party that keeps the whole neighbourhood awake and results in a statutory noise nuisance notice being served and police attendance may also be considered a breach of tenancy.

"The council's tenancy enforcement officers will be keeping an eye on the behaviour of this tenant and her visitors over the next two summers.  If there are any more incidents that cause disturbance or distress to her neighbours, Mrs Casey will find herself back in court."