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Aimi Redfern & Peter Diamond & Ryan Fahey

Woman 'can't grieve' after council breaks in to clear her home instead of dead mum's

A woman mourning the death of her mum says a series of blunders made by the local council have left her unable to grieve.

Sharon Jackson, 56, claims council workers forced themselves into her home in Stoke-on-Trent after the death of her mother because they were wrongly told it needed to be cleared.

But more distress came later when Sharon's gas and electricity were cut off - because the council told British Gas the house was unoccupied.

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