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Daily Mirror
Daily Mirror
National
Sean McPolin

Elderly couple on verge of being homeless after 30-year-old banking error

An elderly couple are facing homelessness after being left financially "ruined" due to a banking error made 30 years ago, they have claimed.

Harrogate couple Bernard Lockett, 78, and his wife Lea, 73, lost tens of thousands of pounds from the sale of property due to "mismanagement" from RBS bank.

The decades-long saga began in 1993 when the pair sold a holiday tour business and then their bungalow, in Comrie, Perthshire, the following year.

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