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Daily Mirror
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Chris Slater & Kelly-Ann Mills

Man fears part of house could COLLAPSE as 'cowboy' neighbour leaves site ruined

An angry homeowner has spoken of his ordeal after a businessman's botched attempt to build a new family home next door left part of his property at risk of collapse.

Shaun Simpson says he has been left in the middle of a "living nightmare" after unsafe work left the site just yards from his home "a death trap waiting to happen".

Mustapha Matib, who is not a builder, took it upon himself to act as principal contractor for the project to build himself a new home, the Manchester Evening News reports.

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