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Sarah Vesty

Scots MS sufferer loses dream holiday after housing association fail to fix leak at Glasgow home

A Scots MS sufferer has lost out on the 'holiday of a lifetime' and is almost £2000 out of pocket after a month-long ceiling leak at her housing association home.

Jacqueline Smith was due to jet off to Kenya for a safari trip on June 5 but was unable to go over fears her adapted flat in Glasgow would flood.

The 60-year-old wheelchair user had been forced to empty bucket loads of water after workers from the Wheatley Homes Glasgow were unable to find the source of the leak. As the water continued to spread, her ceiling eventually caved in.

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