Travellers arrested for alleged threatening behaviour following eviction from Newark park

A number of police officers were involved in the arrest of two Travellers this morning for alleged threatening behaviour.

The two people are part of a group who left Sconce and Devon Park, Newark, after being served with an immediate eviction notice on Wednesday night.

Nottinghamshire Police and the owners of the park, Newark and Sherwood District Council, were preparing to forcibly evict the Travellers under Section 61 of the Criminal Justice and Public Order Act 1994, but they left before that happened.

The 13 caravans stayed overnight illegally in a field near Cree's Lane, Newark, before moving down the A46 into Rushcliffe where they are now camped on the old A46 by the former RAF Newton which is where the two people were arrested this morning.

A Nottinghamshire Police spokesman said: "Two people have been arrested for using threatening behaviour following the eviction of Travellers from an unauthorised camp at Sconce Park, Newark, on September 16."

The Travellers are the same group who quit Lincoln Road Playing Fields after being served with an immediate eviction notice following a peaceful protest by local residents.

They have also previously camped illegally at at another play area, Cedar Avenue in Newark as well as Newark Showground and Fernwood Business Park.

Speaking at the scene, a woman from the group said: "They're chasing us off everywhere. We need somewhere to be."