Paulette Narine, 49, who was found by magistrates to be living at Maple Road, Penge, was fined £1,000 and ordered to pay a contribution of £1,500 towards prosecution costs together with a £15 victim surcharge. The District Judge awarded the ex-tenant £540 compensation.
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The trial was heard in December 2011 at Stratford Magistrates’ Court.
An appeal was heard at Snaresbrook Crown Court last month (10 July). The conviction was upheld. Narine was ordered to pay the authority further costs of £4,319.
Narine was found guilty under the Protection from Eviction Act 1977, for illegally evicting her tenant from a three-bedroom house in Grangewood Street, East Ham.
In September 2010, Narine entered the property in the early morning and obtained the key to the property from a child minder who was looking after the unnamed tenant’s son, while she was at work.
Newham Council were told and several telephone calls were made to Narine asking her to re-instate the tenant as soon as possible.
The tenant was only allowed back in the house to gather her belongings, the court heard. She was forced to approach Newham Council for emergency temporary accommodation.
Newham Mayor Sir Robin Wales said: “We want to ensure that private sector rented properties are well managed and meet a good standard.
“There are good landlords in Newham and we want to work with them. Unfortunately there are also some unscrupulous ones.
“We will never accept private sector tenants being directly exploited by landlords.”
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