Rose Maughan and her son Owen, six. We have chosen to disguise Owen's face A homeless mother of two who wants a council house is preparing to fight an injunction banning her from entering all Oxford City Council premises.
The authority has already been granted an interim injunction preventing Rose Maughan, 32, of Phipps Road, Cowley, setting foot inside Oxford Town Hall.
But the council wants a new injunction, running for two years, when it attends Oxford County Court to apply for the order under the Housing Act.
The action has been prompted by the alleged antisocial behaviour of her six-year-old son, Owen.
Mrs Maughan's quest for a council house hit a low point last week when, it is claimed, Owen attacked a member of staff during an unscheduled visit to the town hall.
It is alleged Owen, who is hyperactive and has behavioural problems, tried to kick and punch a member of staff during last week's visit.
Mrs Maughan told the Oxford Mail: "Owen is hyperactive 24 hours a day and has a behaviour problem.
"He shouts and screams and has been banned from a lot of shops.
"I didn't go into the town hall to cause trouble.
"I am being the best mother I can be -- I love my children. Owen is not the only child in the world who has a behaviour problem.
"All I want is a council house. I went to the town hall to find out about my council house and I don't know what happened."
Although injunctions can only be sought against those over the age of 17, the one the city council is trying to invoke against Mrs Maughan effectively applies to her son and her two-year-old daughter, Chloe, too.
The council has vowed to get tough on those who blight communities with antisocial behaviour.
And council staff are no strangers to the county court, having gone there in recent weeks to seek bankruptcy orders against some of the largest council tax debtors living in the city each owing the authority tens of thousands of pounds.
Mrs Maughan used to live in a council house in Barton, but lost that property.
She is currently living with friends and family in private accommodation, so in the eyes of the city council is intentionally homeless.
Steve Kilsby, of the city council's Crime and Nuisance Action Team (Canact), said: "She was particularly difficult last week -- rude, hostile and aggressive and her son was also completely outrageous.
"Her problem is to do with housing. I think she has been applying for council housing without success."
Mrs Maughan's mother Mary Ward, 60, added: "Baby Owen is hyperactive. He is a loving and caring boy but he has a problem and is going to a behavioural school -- the doctors know this, the council knows this and I think they are being totally out of order.
"He does slap people, but it's not because of his mother or family -- it's because he is hyperactive.
"We do our best to help him, but I personally think Rose is entitled to her own property."
Mrs Maughan had been due to appear in court today but the hearing has been postponed to a later date.
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