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Mark McGivern

Mass evacuation of 'building site' Scots flats illegally rented out by millionaire fraudster

Emergency services ordered a mass evacuation of 40 Africans from “building site” flats that were being illegally rented out by a millionaire fraudster.

Notorious Liberty Durant - who is a banned director - was charging £600 a month for unfinished flats in Glasgow’s east end that were not signed off for habitation and were regarded as potentially dangerous.

But after an investigation by Glasgow City Council and fire chiefs, the tenants were removed from the Eden Court flats and made homeless, as officials scrambled to put them up in emergency hotel accommodation.

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