RELATIVES of a Portland family who are being evicted for causing trouble are vowing to hold a protest.

Paul and Julie Naylor and their three young children are being kicked out of their home in Pound Piece after their housing association branded their home as ‘a base for anti-social behaviour’.

But their older daughter Roxanne, who lives at her own address on Portland, is organising what she describes as ‘a friendly protest’ as she believes the family is being punished for the actions of her brothers Michael and Anders despite them no longer living there.

She said: “Why put them through this? If my dad’s done anything wrong why have his neighbours got such nice things to say about them.”

“We’re having a friendly protest to get people to realise it’s wrong and I’ve got over 200 people supporting it on the internet who agree that the way they are being treated is disgusting. I need to get this out so it doesn’t happen to any other families.”

Paul Naylor has six children with the three older siblings no longer at home.

Michael Naylor is currently in prison for committing grievous bodily harm on a man on Portland a year ago while Anders is living in Bournemouth after leaving home in January.

When they won a court order to evict the family, Synergy Housing said 16-year-old Anders had been the source of trouble since Michael went to prison.

They claimed their dad ‘took no action to prevent his son behaving in an anti-social manner’ despite their ‘repeated attempts’ to work with the family about Anders.

A warrant can be enforced on the eviction order from July 25 and Miss Naylor is planning the protest for 11.30am on July 26.

Miss Naylor believes complaints to police and the housing association have come from one other family.

She said it is unfair that her two younger half brothers and sisters aged between 10 and 13 face being moved for their older brothers’ actions.

The 21-year-old said one of her young brothers suffers from Aspergers Syndrome and ADHT and needs his life to stick to a routine.

She said: “This disruption has affected their future.

“Anders isn’t there so why would they want to evict three young children and their parents?

“They’ve got nowhere to go so are they going to sleep on the streets?”

Her auntie Angie Gale – Paul’s sister – said the eviction ‘doesn’t make sense’.

She said: “My son lives in Dorchester. If he does something wrong in Dorchester are they going to throw me out?

“They’ve evicted a family for something they’ve not done.

“The problem has already been moved so why have they been evicted.” Jo Savage, spokesman for Synergy Housing, said they gained the possession order for the house because of serious anti-social behaviour.

She said: “We intend to enforce this order on the given date.”

A Dorset Police spokesman added: “This order will only have been given if a judge were satisfied that there was evidence of serious anti-social behaviour connected to this address.”

'I don't want to be chucked around like that'

LEN Naylor said he was arrested and handcuffed outside his home as part of his family being ‘targeted’.

The 76-year-old grandfather is diabetic and suffers from heart problems and said he was shocked at being handcuffed and ‘frogmarched’ past his neighbours to a police car in Pound Piece where he lives close to his son’s family on Portland.

He said he was put in a police cell for two-and-a-half hours over an alleged assault at Royal Manor Health Centre before being released without charge. He said: “I go there to see my nurse and doctor for diabetes and for my blood pressure and heart condition. As I walked past a man stood at reception and said excuse me my shoulder brushed against him and I didn’t know who it was but that was it.

“I went to pick my wife up and when I got home a police car was on the corner of Pound Piece.

“I parked up and the police asked: “Can we have a word” so I said: “Yes, I’ve got nothing to hide.”

Mr Naylor said the police told him they had received a complaint of assault where he had ‘shoulder barged’ a man onto the desk and sworn at him.

He said: “They handcuffed me outside my house and told me if I didn’t stand still they’d put me on the floor. I’m 76 so I don’t want to be chucked around by a policeman like that. They frogmarched me down the road in front of my neighbours. It was embarrassing. I’m too old to look for trouble.” A police spokesman confirmed Mr Naylor was released without charge.