'Be nice to people' - man escapes jail after breaching order banning him from Telford railway stations

Tehfoor Javeed, 28, of Victoria Avenue, Wellington, appeared at Shrewsbury Crown Court where he pleaded guilty to one breach of a criminal behaviour order.

The order prevented Javeed from going to Wellington or Telford Central Railway Stations.

Alexa Carrier, prosecuting, said that on November 7 last year Javeed had breached the order by getting a train from Telford Central Station to Wellington.

Javeed has a significant criminal record, with 28 convictions for 91 offences.

In 2022 he was given a suspended sentence for a series of shocking acts towards Arriva bus workers in Telford.

He had followed and filmed two terrified bus drivers, labelled them "paedophiles" on social media and made hoax calls to police about suicide attempts at a bus station. 

In a victim impact impact statement read out in court during the case one of the drivers said he had called 999 on many occasions due to fearing for his safety. 

"The last 12 months have been a nightmare," he said. "It's taken away my freedom. I'm really scared every time he follows me. This has really changed my life."

Dafydd Roberts, mitigating on Javeed's behalf over the latest breach, said the breach was 'very old' dating back to November last year.

Mr Roberts described it as 'modest' and added: "Mr Javeed clearly has his own difficulties."

He continued: "It would appear he may be turning a corner and things are getting better and he is stopping on this pattern of offending and is finally realising the way he needs to behave, to stop bringing himself trouble with the police and the courts."

'Be nice to other people'

Sentencing, Judge Peter Barrie said all people wanted was for Javeed to stop his behaviour and 'be nice to other people'.

He said: "You were in my court in 2022, I explained how horrible I thought your behaviour had been to a lot of other people, bus drivers just doing their jobs, people who had been harassed, and harmed and hurt by you.

"I sent you to prison for 21 months but said you did not need to serve it so long as you stopped. You came back before another judge having breached the order that I made and you were given a sentence of 16 months imprisonment, but again suspended in the hope you would stop.

"You have got a very long record of behaving badly in a way that is very upsetting to other people who have done nothing to harm you. The main thing that everyone concerned with you wants is simply for that to stop - for you to understand the need to be nice to other people.

"The order that I made said you must not do a number of things - in particular, not go to train stations in Wellington and Telford where you had caused trouble. And I have to deal with you today for the fact you did go to Wellington Train Station on a train from Telford - no one said you had permission to do that and it was a plain breach of the order I had made.

"Since you committed that offence during the currency of other offences that were imposed on a you, you have a grave rusk of having them activated so you go to prison. But I have heard you have been working hard with the police."

Judge Barrie said he had been told Javeed had been working with a specific officer who "has managed to find ways to persuade you to stop behaving badly to other people." He added: "All of your past history makes a very powerful case you should go to prison, but I do not want to disrupt the work you are doing with the probation and police so I am going to allow that to continue."

Judge Barrie revoked Javeed's criminal behaviour order and handed down a 16-week prison sentence, suspended for 18 months. He added: "So you are still in a position where if you commit any further offence you are likely to be sent to prison for 18 weeks, plus any other punishment the court deems necessary."