Renters who secured record £263k payout from ‘rogue landlord’ raise fears he will not pay up

Current and former residents of Olympic House and Simpson House in London secured victory against their landlord’s companies following a five-year battle (Jordan Osserman is pictured front left, and Marc Sutton is front second from right) - (Somerford Grove Renters)

A group of London tenants who have been awarded a record £263,000 in rent repayments from their “rogue landlord” have raised fears they may never receive the money.

Diane Abbott warned John Christodoulou, one of the UK’s richest men, “must not be allowed to get away with it again” after current and former residents of Olympic House and Simpson House in Hackney were awarded the six-figure sum by a legal tribunal following a five-year battle, due to unsafe conditions.