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The Guardian - UK
The Guardian - UK
Politics
Robert Booth

Tenant killed himself after landlord failed to resolve repeated noise complaints

A slhouetted young man in the open doorway of a dark room
The tenant had previously attempted suicide twice after making more than 20 complaints. (Picture posed by model.) Photograph: Edward George/Alamy

A tenant killed himself after his landlord dismissed his pleas for help with a noisy neighbour as “whining” and told him he could not expect silence if he lived in London.

Clarion, the UK’s largest housing association, had been warned by the vulnerable resident’s doctor that the effect of noise from the upstairs flat on the tenant’s mental health was such that he had already attempted suicide twice.

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