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Sylvie Wilkinson, James Rodger & Peter Diamond

Family-of-eight 'trapped' in tiny flat forced to share just three beds

A frustrated mum has spoken out over being left trapped in a “nightmare” two bed flat. The flat is “too small” for the family of eight, who have claimed they are sleeping in just three beds.

Ms Laima moved into the flat initially some 17 years ago and is now crammed with six kids aged between 2 and 18.

The mum from East London said: “We’re overcrowded - we shouldn’t be living like this. Me and my partner co-sleep with my two-year-old and my four-year-old, and then in the same room I’ve got my six-year-old in his cot, which he’s outgrowing.

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