Days after being released from prison after serving just three days of a 28 day sentence for exploiting homeless people, Fred Lamb after breaching an order banning him from Peterborough city centre. On February 20 Lamb was jailed for the second time in the same month.
Lamb, 42, was made subject of an interim slavery and trafficking risk order (STRO) banning him from Peterborough city centre, alongside his two brothers, Lucas Lamb, 36, and Joseph Lamb, 35, in October last year.
He was arrested on February 20 in Bridge Street, Peterborough, after being spotted on CCTV sitting in a doorway.
Fred Lamb had been released from prison after serving three days of a four-week sentence which he was handed on 7 February for the same offence after having breached it four times in December and January.
The STRO applications were made to magistrates by the Peterborough City Centre Neighbourhood Policing Team (NPT) after police received information about the brothers subjecting homeless people to violence and exploitation over a prolonged period.
The interim orders ban Fred Lamb and Lucas Lamb, both of Trelowen Way, Hempsted, Peterborough, and Joseph Lamb, of North Road, Whittlesford, Cambridge, from Peterborough city centre apart from pre-arranged medical appointments, until a final hearing, which is due to be held at Peterborough Magistrates’ Court on March 4.
Failure to comply with a STRO is a criminal offence which could result in imprisonment for up to five years.
Fred Lamb appeared at Cambridge Magistrates’ Court on February 21 where he was sentenced to four weeks in prison, after admitting one count of breaching a STRO.
Jail for man exploiting homeless in Peterborough
Sergeant Steve Rose, from Peterborough’s City Centre NPT, said: “It is incredibly disappointing to see Fred Lamb have such blatant disregard for the law and the order imposed on him.
“In the space of three weeks he has been convicted of five offences and jailed twice. We will continue to do our job by enforcing the order and putting him back before the courts any time he is found to have breached it.
“Slavery and trafficking risk orders restrict the activities of an un-convicted person where there is a risk that they will commit a slavery or trafficking offence, to protect potential victims from physical or psychological harm.
“The brothers’ behaviour towards homeless people in Peterborough has been concerning, with reports of violence, demands for money and threats. They pose a very real and serious threat to the safety of vulnerable members of our society, which is why these orders have been applied for.”
Anyone with information about the brothers breaching the order should contact police via the webchat service or online reporting form.
Those without internet access should call 101.
