Inside The Slum House Where Shameless Landlord Packed 40 People In A Shed (Photos)

Posted by Samuel on Fri 26th Jan, 2018 - tori.ng

A slum where a landlord had the nerve to cram as many as forty people including bunk beds inside a shed, has been exposed.

This is a shack stuck on the side of the Wembley home where some tenants slept

Take a look inside the London slum house where shameless landlords crammed forty people - leaving some sleeping in the garden shed next to sacks of rice.

Tenants paid property agent Jaydipkumar Valand, 42, Harsha Shah, 53, her daughter Chandni, 27 and brother-in-law Sanjay, 54, between £40 and £75 per week to stay at the four bedroom home in Wembley, north London.

Harrow Crown Court heard UK Border Force had "described it as the worst example of overcrowding it had seen", as tenants were crammed five-to-a-room and could not use fire exists.

The 1920s property fell into such disrepair, large holes appeared in ceilings and tenants were forced to rely on takeaways because the kitchen was unusable.

The Shah family did not have a licence to rent to multiple occupants, so they, alongside Valand, were convicted in May.

All tenants shared bunk beds, but they were forced to rely on takeaways because they kitchen was unusable

They now face paying back the £360,000 they made from the property divided into seven bedrooms on the ground floor and two on the first floor.

Edmund Robb, on behalf of Brent Borough Council, told Recorder Stephen Rubin QC the council can only claim back any housing benefit paid, but under the proceeds of crime act the rent paid can also be seized.

He added: "Receiving rent was in breach of a selective licence. If they had complied with the regulations the money would not have come into their hands.

"There was a minimum of 25 people living in the house and there could at any one time be up to 40 people living in the house."

UK border force officials who raided the property described it as the worst case of overcrowding they had seen

Following a trial at Willesden Magistrates Court the Shah family were found guilty of failing to have a HMO licence while Sanjay Shah was also found guilty of aiding and abetting.

Cameron Scott, acting for Harsha and her daughter Chandni Shah, argued taking the rent from the migrants was not an offence, and therefore a confiscation order was not enforceable.

The confiscation hearing is due to continue at a later date and Recorder Rubin will reserved his judgement on whether a proceeds of crime order can be enforced.

The Shah family and Valand are to be sentenced at a later date.

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Source: The Sun UK