A ‘nightmare’ neighbour has been kicked out of his flat after a campaign of harassment and violence as residents describe their ‘horrible’ ordeal.
Phillip Herrick, 62, ‘repeatedly’ targeted people living around him and members of staff at a property management service.
He was given a Civil Injunction at Cheltenham and Gloucester County Court for his behaviour while living on Berkeley Street in Cheltenham.
Police say the application was made following ongoing high levels of anti-social behaviour directed towards residents as well as members of staff from Cambray Property Management, who manage the property.
Herrick’s anti-social behaviour along with arrears for non-payment of his service charge led to the forfeiture of his flat being granted by the court in August 2024.
Since the court hearing in August, Herrick continued his vendetta against the Cambray Property Management staff, police said.
Officers say despite many warnings from police Herrick refused to stop.
One former neighbour said: ‘He was terrible, violent and nasty to everyone. He wasn’t like that before, he used to keep himself to himself.
Phillip Herrick, 62, ‘repeatedly’ targeted people living around him and members of staff at a property management service
The property on Berkeley Street in Cheltenham where Herrick has been kicked out of
One former neighbour said that anybody new to the area would ‘move out straight away’ because he was ‘so awful’
‘He used to sit on the front door step and beg from passers-by, every time I came in and out he would hit me with his crutches. It’s been awful, I’m not well myself.
‘It’s been a nightmare, it’s been going on for years. Sometimes he would bring people home from the pub and they would sleep in the garden like vagrants, violent people.
‘They would wake up in the morning and start banging on my door. It’s been foul.’
They added that even taking the rubbish out would lead to abuse as he sat on the front door step ‘all the time’.
‘He’d always say the same thing – “you stupid f*****g slapper”,’ the neighbour added.
‘They’ve turned the doorbells off because he kept on knocking on the doors and buzzing all the flats.
‘I used to grow vegetables for everybody that lived here out in the garden because I couldn’t go out there because once I went out there I was trapped.
‘He would just stand in the doorway and threaten to hit me and I’d have to beg him to let me back into my own home. It’s been horrible.
He was given a Civil Injunction at Cheltenham and Gloucester County Court for his behaviour while living on Berkeley Street in Cheltenham
‘I’m old and I’m ill and I’m a sitting duck here, and he’s been absolutely horrible. It’s been abuse on every kind of level.’
The neighbour said that anybody new to the area would ‘move out straight away’ because he was ‘so awful’.
‘I come and go when he’s not there. I planned my entire world around times when he wasn’t sitting on the doorstep,’ they added.
‘But I do worry about him, as much as he was horrible, but when they showed up to take him away, he didn’t have proper shoes and a coat in the middle of winter.
‘He’s a horrible man, but he still deserves to have a coat.’
The case was brought against Herrick by Solace, a joint team of officers from Gloucestershire Constabulary, Cheltenham Borough Council and Gloucester City Council.
The injunction against Herrick forbids him from engaging in conduct which causes or is capable of causing alarm or harassment or distress and using or threatening to use violence against any person within the borough of Cheltenham.
It also stops him from entering or being in Berkeley Street or being within the property or boundary of Cambray Property Management on Bath Road at any time.
The injunction, which was served against Herrick on Wednesday 26 February is in place until 4pm on 17 February 2026 and any breaches will result in Herrick being arrested.
PCSO Morag Gordon said: ‘I feel people should be able to come and go to work and live peacefully in their homes without worrying about Herrick’s actions.
‘This injunction shows that threats of violence and intimidation will not be tolerated.’
Anyone who witnesses Herrick breaching the order is asked to contact police on 101.
