Landlord ripped tenant's toilet out of wall in 'moment of madness' in rent row

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Landlord ripped tenant's toilet out of wall in 'moment of madness' in rent row
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This seems a bit extreme 🚽 A rogue landlord ripped his tenant’s toilet out of the wall in a raging row over ‘unpaid’ rent, a court heard.

Landlord Terrence Kermode was fined £1,000 with more than £2,000 costs for the incident

Images taken from inside the bathroom show the ripped-out items dumped in the bath, leaving an exposed pipe protruding from the wall and holes in the floor and wall. A court heard the ‘outrageous’ offences amounted to effectively breaking into someone’s home and removing belongings from it. Kermode’s age was offered as mitigation along with the fact that he had no prior convictions and had pleaded guilty at the first opportunity.

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