16th January 2025
Tenant dies after illegal eviction – landlord fined, council seeks costs
A council has prosecuted a landlord for unlawfully evicting a vulnerable tenant who’d been hospitalised after a fall. Grant Rigby of Ramsgate was convicted at a three day trial at Margate Magistrates’ Court. He was found guilty of committing an offence under the Protection from Eviction Act 1977. The offence related to shared...
