PROBLEM drinkers have been banned from Huddersfield town centre.

Ten street drinkers were issued yesterday with Anti-Social Behaviour Orders to stop them going anywhere inside the ring road.

Two drinkers were issued with full Asbos that will see them banned for two years and a further eight were issued with interim orders that will be readdressed in the new year at a hearing in front of the district judge.

The orders came after a series of complaints had been made by businesses, residents and members of the public in the area – with St Peter’s Gardens being a continual trouble spot.

Some of the group had as many as 14 counts of anti-social behaviour listed against them.

Philip Baxter, 38, and Fiona Stead, 40, both of Juniper Grove, Netherton did not attend court and a two-year Asbo was issued in their absence.

Stead had already been subject to an Asbo in 2005 and the court was told both are well-known to West Yorkshire police.

Their conditions include:

l They must not act or incite another to act in anti-social behaviour or cause anybody harassment, alarm or distress.

l They must not enter inside the ring road except when attending arranged meetings at the job centre, police station, probation services, support services or court.

l They must not consume alcohol in a public place other than a licensed premise.

The following people are under interim orders which will be reviewed on January 19, at Dewsbury Magistrates’ Court.

Their Asbos will follow the same conditions as above, apart from the noted amendments.

Desmond Ryan, 54, of Blackhouse Road, Fartown denies five allegations of anti-social behaviour. He will be allowed to enter the town centre between 7pm and 9pm for help with his alcoholism at the Mission.

Kevin Wilson, 29, of Brownroyd Avenue, Rawthorpe denies five allegations – he will be allowed to visit the Union Bank to collect benefits between 10am and 12noon.

Yvette Green, 35, of Hill Top Road, Paddock denies 10 acts of anti-social behaviour. She will be allowed to visit Nationwide bank in the town centre and Sainsbury’s, Market Street, between 10am and 12pm on Wednesdays and Fridays.

Her husband David Green, 50, was not allowed into the court room as he arrived drunk and faces the same conditions.

John Greenwood, 52, of Edale Avenue, Newsome, will be allowed to enter the town centre post office between 9.30am and 11.30am on Monday’s to collect a pension.

Helen Gill, 34, of Richmond Flats, denies 14 allegations of anti-social behaviour. She has no amendments as she did not attend court.

Defending Ian Whiteley said: “I am sorry we are going to have to leave her conditions as I don’t know where she does her shopping or collects her benefits.”

Suzanne Wood, 28, of Bath Street, denies 13 acts of anti-social behaviour – she will be allowed to visit The Whitehouse centre surgery and collect her benefits between 2pm and 4pm on Thursday.

William Mooney, 51, of Caldercliffe Road, Berry Brow, denied 15 allegations of anti-social behaviour. He has been allowed to do his shopping in various shops in the town centre between 2pm and 4pm on Fridays.

Sgt Mandy Mellor, attending the court hearings, said: “The two Asbos will hopefully act as a deterrent and will help to improve the standard of life for people using the town centre along with businesses and residents in the area.”

Kirklees Council has recently completed an overhaul of St Peter’s Gardens to try and ease the problems.