Landlord prosecuted for unlawful eviction of tenant

A private landlord has been ordered to pay £1,600 in fines and costs after unlawfully evicting a tenant.

Amanda Burrow, aged 55, was prosecuted by Stoke-on-Trent City Council at North Staffordshire Justice Centre and pleaded guilty to the offence.

The court heard that Burrow, who lives in Alsager, had instructed her joiner to send a threatening text message to her tenant at Nash Peake Street Tunstall on July 18, 2017, advising them the locks would be changed that day.

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