Crime
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Disturbing story of fake letting agency that cost landlord £15,000 told in TV show
Channel 5's Nightmare Tenants, Slum Landlords show lifts lid on problems faced by landlords when faced by tenants who refused to move out.
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New twist in Lamplugh case: did she ever meet Mr Kipper?
Detective involved in case believes investigation has been going in wrong direction and that Mr Kipper was 'made up'.
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Former disgraced Cornwall estate agent facing jail over burglary
Martin Hobbs was fined earlier this year over breaches of Consumer Protection legislation but now faces jail after admitting to burglary and unlawful damage at a local hotel.
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Managing agent fined over shocking conditions at Essex HMO
Agent and landlord duo found guilty of 25 offences at address in Grays following council raid that found 'unacceptable' living conditions for tenants.
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Illegal sub-letting at ‘epidemic’ levels claims TV evictions star
Landlord Action's Paul Shamplina claims 'professional' sub-letting scammers are becoming a significant problem particularly in London.
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Romans’ CEO apologises for staff’s price fixing activities in Berkshire
Peter Kavanagh of Romans says behavour of individuals in the county was contrary to the standards and values of the company.
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Teenagers who robbed estate agency branch at knife point jailed for eight years
Criminal pair are caught after Chase Evans' branch CCTV records their robbery and they are identified by facial recognition software.
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Conman estate agent ordered to pay back £580,000 to victims
Jeffrey Gadsden is already in jail after being convicted of eight counts of fraud but must now repay the cash or face another five years in jail.
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Thefts of all-female agency’s For Sale boards puzzles police
Manor Estate Agents in Glasgow says 30 boards have been vandalised or stolen in a 'concerted campaign' against the business.
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Lancashire estate agent faces social media storm over ‘dreadful’ tweets
An estate agent in Lancashire has been banned from his football team’s home ground after posting an ‘obscene series of tweets’ about the death of Cardiff player Emiliano Sala from a Twitter account linked to his business. 36-year-old Gary Kay, who runs an estate agency in Burnley, used his Twitter account following a match between Burnley FC and Cardiff FC to mock Sala’s death, saying “We all live in a Sala submarine…. the latest number 1 in Cardiff”. The 28-year-old Argentinian player died in January when the Piper PA-46 Malibu light aircraft he was travelling in crashed into the sea north of Guernsey, killing both him and the pilot. The comments enraged many on the social media platform including Welsh politician Neil McEvoy who said he had reported “this dreadful abuse” to the Football Association, and Kay was interviewed voluntarily by Lancashire police. Zero tolerance Officials at Burnley FC, which is in the Premiership, have now said that Kay is banned from its Turf Moor ground (pictured, above) pending the outcome of the police investigation and that it had a “strict zero tolerance policy to any racial or discriminatory behaviour” by fans. Following the tweets, Kay subsequently said on Twitter…
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