Landlord Fined £3,000 for Illegal Eviction
Landlord Fined £3,000 for Illegal Eviction
A landlord has been ordered to pay a fine and costs of £2,925 after illegally evicting a tenant from a home in Tamworth, Staffordshire.
Georgina East pleaded guilty at Stafford Magistrates’ Court to evicting a tenant in December 2014 using threatening behaviour and then changing the locks on the property.
East is the director of property management firm, Propertarian Limited, and manages several rental properties in Tamworth. She previously accepted a caution for a similar offence in 2013.
Officers from Tamworth Borough Council responded to a complaint from the tenant, who was forced to sleep rough. They discovered that East had evicted him without serving a valid written notice or seeking possession through the courts.
East had also threatened the tenant with an Alsatian dog.
The court issued an order for East to pay the fine and costs within seven days.