A disgruntled Welsh landlord ripped apart his tenant’s bathroom and left them without a toilet after a row over unpaid rent and bills, a court has heard. Terrence Kermode, of Wood Lane in Hawarden, Flintshire, removed the toilet, sink, and other bathroom fittings from a property he was renting out.
Kermode, aged 76, who has been a landlord for 30 years, said he caused the damage in a “moment of madness” after learning that a sum of money from the tenant was outstanding. You can get the latest WalesOnline newsletters emailed to you directly for free by signing up here.
Images taken from inside the bathroom show the ripped out toilet, sink, and other items dumped in the bath, leaving an exposed pipe protruding from the wall and holes in the floor and wall. Kermode pleaded guilty to unlawfully evicting and harassing a tenant under the Protection from Eviction Act 1977 at a previous hearing held at Mold Magistrates' Court.
