A district judge has suspended an eviction notice issued to a Gateshead pensioner that would have seen him uprooted from the home he's lived in for 66 years.
Since around 2018 Ken May, 67, and Gateshead council had been in discussions about the state the former merchant seaman was keeping his home in. But this week, following clean-up efforts by the community the two parties came to agreement to allow Mr May to remain.
Mr May was sent an eviction notice on August 12 2022 stating he needed to vacate the property in Stanfield Gardens, Wardley, by August 30 at 11.30am. Now, thanks in part to advocation from a social worker, the council has agreed to repair the property and move Mr May into temporary accommodation during the works.
