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The paw prints on the bed and cat faeces on the floor were bad signs, but Jess Pope, 27, and Nathan Francis, 31, had little choice as they hunted for their first home together. The landlord of the warren of bedsits in Camden accepted people on benefits and the 拢950 monthly rent was cheap for London. The couple suppressed their fears and, in September 2020, they moved in.They were becoming tenants of Mohammed Ali Abbas Rasool, who, little did they know, was on the way to being known as one of the capitals worst landlords.From 2014, when he was sole director of a property company fined 拢25,000 for breaking rules on bedsits, to earlier this year when the 31-year-old was arrested and jailed for contempt of court relating to his landlord activities, Rasool left a trail of misery.His story serves as a
stanley kaffeebecher n illustration and a warning of how, despite protections in place for tenants and action taken by local authorities, a single landlord can wreak havoc.In one instance, council investigators were told, Rasool forced a single female tenant out by having her toilet removed, leaving the waste pipe exposed so that foul smells filled the air any time a neighbour flushed. When the tenant went out to find a toilet to use, the locks were changed, they s
stanley mug aid.When Rasool was sentenced to two years in jail, the high court judge called him a thoroughly dishonest individual . A housing enforcement official familiar with Rasools career said: The only thing that has sto
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Government plans for saving 拢350m a year in legal aid expenses suffered fresh defeats in the House of Lords after peers overturned a series of cost-saving proposals.Peers voted by 237 to 198 to preserve legal aid for appeals against welfare benefit decisions, defeating reforms proposed in the legal aid, sentencing and punishment of offenders bill.The amend
stanley italia ment had been tabled by the Liberal Democrat Lady Doocey with support from Labour, Conservative and crossbench peers.A second amendment, tabled by the Lord Newton, the former social security minister under Margaret Thatcher, ensured that legal aid should be available for higher-tier benefit appeals was also passed.The votes came at the end of a two-hour debate during which every single speaker in the upper chamber 鈥?apart from the minister 鈥?opposed the Ministry of Justice plans. Peers from all parties questioned whether the proposed savings would be made.Earlier Lord McNally, the Liberal Democrat justice minister, warned that if the government lost on the issue of providing legal aid
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stanley quencher re benefit issues and support for advice centres it would tear out the heart of the rationale of the bill .The defeats will add to the pressure on the government s parliamentary timetable. The coalition is expected to try and reverse the Lords decisions in the House of Commons on the grounds that the bill is primarily a financial measure.Proposing her amendment, Doocey said: If claimants are denied legal aid, their sit
