The Police in London have teamed up with council officials to arrest a landlord who had rented out a ramshackle building to 30 people to live in. Thirty occupants were discovered crammed into a squalid three-bedroom property in east London, Independent UK had reported. The Police said the occupants, including children, lived in filthy condition at the house in Dagenham. Police and council officers raided the dingy house on Monday, December 16, and have arraigned the landlord for prosecution. The local authority said it was serving the landlord with an enforcement notice for infringements under the Housing Act – including damp, fire safety, and disrepair.

Source: Punch December 23, 2019 18:56 UTC