Dear Resident,

In October last year we emailed to update on some work of one of our neighbourhood policing teams around three brothers who had reportedly been exploiting homeless people in Peterborough city centre.

On Friday, the eldest brother, Fred Lamb, was jailed after having been caught breaching the order on four separate occasions.

Fred, 42, was made subject of an interim slavery and trafficking risk order (STRO) banning him from Peterborough city centre, alongside his two brothers, Lucas, 36, and Joseph, 35, in October last year.

Pictured left to right: Fred Lamb, Lucas Lamb and Joseph Lamb

The applications were made to magistrates by our Peterborough City Centre Neighbourhood Policing Team (NPT) after we received information about the brothers subjecting homeless people to violence and exploitation over a prolonged period.

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.

You can read more about the order and why it is in place on the news section of our website.

We hope this action shows the seriousness of these orders and that we will enforce them and take any breaches to the courts. Thank you to those who have reported breaches to us, please continue to do so via our webchat service or online reporting form.

Kind regards,