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22
Mar 2021
Police and council officers have closed a house on Mayfield Grove, Harrogate where a man died this month.
North Yorkshire Police said in a statement today it and Harrogate Borough Council had carried out a joint investigation following 'concerns about crime and anti-social behaviour at the multi-occupancy address'.
Mark Wolsey, 48, died on Mayfield Grove this month. A suspect has been charged with murder and is remanded in custody pending trial.
A court approved the closure for an initial period of three months. Entry to the premises is now a criminal activity.
The police statement said the closure would give officers 'an opportunity to work with the landlord and residents in the premises'.
Dean Richardson, head of safer communities at Harrogate Borough Council, said in a statement:
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