Ex-Helmshore Councillor Fined for Attacking Process Server

A former councillor being served with an injunction banning him from town hall meetings swatted a legal representative with the court papers, magistrates heard.

Process server Steven Baldwin, of Burnley, had been hired by Rossendale Council last May to serve a court order prohibiting Noel O’Brien from attending council meetings or going into council offices.

But while Mr Baldwin tried to serve the injunction on 57-year-old O’Brien, at his home in Mercer Crescent, Helmshore, he tried to slam the door in his face, Preston Magistrates Court heard.