Couple guilty of 'cuckooing' of vulnerable Wolverhampton residents are given injunction
Two individuals who exploited vulnerable residents across the Heath Town area of Wolverhampton have been served with injunctions by the County Court.
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Oswald Clarke, aged 61 and Emma Price, aged 39, both of no fixed abode, targeted vulnerable people and coerced or threatened them to get into and take control of their properties. They would then supply and use of class A controlled drugs such as heroin and crack cocaine.
The court heard Clarke in particular would threaten and intimidate the residents, often supplying them with drugs to persuade them to comply and hold them in debt to him.
This exploitation, commonly known as cuckooing, attracted many people to properties the pair had taken over to use controlled drugs, in turn causing increased levels of anti-social behaviour in the local area.
Twelve people were identified as being victims of Clarke and Price over a period of 14 months, many of whom lived in Wolverhampton Homes properties in the Heath Town area.
