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The Independent UK
The Independent UK
Albert Toth

Disabled man awarded £20,000 by council after being forced to ‘drag himself across the floor to use toilet’

A severely disabled man has been awarded a £20,000 settlement by his local council after being forced to drag himself across the floor to use the toilet.

The man, who is paralysed from the waist down and has only one functional arm, was housed by Redbridge council’s social care team.

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