Landlord convicted of unlawfully evicting tenant now fined for running unlicensed HMO in Telford
A landlord from Telford who had previously been convicted of unlawfully evicting a tenant has now been fined for running an unlicensed house in multiple occupation.
In March 2017, David Beattie admitted threatening violence against a tenant in his property in Dudmaston, Hollinswood.
Shropshire Magistrates Court sitting in Telford on Monday heard that Beattie, of Priorslee, was not deemed by Telford & Wrekin Council to be a ‘fit and proper’ person. This is one of the requirements to having a licence to operate an HMO.
As Beattie didn’t meet this requirement he couldn’t apply for the HMO licence and, as a result, could not accommodate more than four people at his property.
