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Aimi Redfern & Peter Diamond

Calamitous council workers ‘break into’ grieving woman’s home in address mix-up

A daughter who is mourning the loss of her mum is furious with her local authority after several failings at the family home.

Sharon Jackson said the initial fault saw council workers wrongly force their way into her home after being told it was unoccupied and needed to be emptied.

The second mix-up happened when Sharon’s gas and electricity were cut off - because British Gas had received notification from the council that her house was empty.

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