A disgruntled landlord who claimed his tenants had unpaid rent removed their bathroom - and toilet, a court heard. Terrence Kermode, 76, a landlord of 30 years, removed the toilet, sink and other fittings from the bathroom.
Magistrates said Kermode had essentially broken into someone’s home and removed belongings and a bathroom. Flintshire County Council’s Environmental Health Officers prosecuted the private sector landlord for unlawfully evicting and harassing a tenant living in a private rented property.
At Mold Magistrates Court in July Kermode pleaded guilty to the offence of unlawful eviction and harassment under the Protection from Eviction Act 1977 and the matter was adjourned to a sentencing hearing. At the sentencing hearing at Mold Magistrates Court, it was offered in mitigation that Mr Kermode was 76, had no prior convictions and had pleaded guilty at the first opportunity.
