A student claims her £1,600-a-month accommodation was like a "prison" - with broken heating, cockroaches crawling about and a bag of sick left out for a day. Alicia Sowerby, 23, moved into the high-rise block in Aldgate, London when she began studying law in the capital last September.
She finally moved out on Friday after a torrid year - which she says affected her physical and mental health. Alicia shared the accommodation - which cost £412 a week - with other students from across the world.
And she has now told of the living conditions - which she described as "overwhelmingly upsetting". Alicia, who is studying at the University of Law - London Bloomsbury, said: "It's absolutely horrendous. You wouldn't believe it.
