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Evening Standard
Evening Standard
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Jacob Phillips

East London landlord fined £16k after leaving children in cockroach-infested house of horrors

The property on Thorn Lane in Rainham was infested with cockroaches - (Google Maps)

An east London landlord has been fined over £16,000 after leaving 10 people in a house of horrors infested with cockroaches.

The residents, including four children, were living at the property in Thorn Lane, Rainham, which was a fire risk and did not have suitable kitchen facilities for the number of people in the home.

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