Have her human rights have been violated?

[anotheoldgit]

http://www.dailymail....r-faces-eviction.html

A case of police brutality, or just another thieving thug trying to work his ticket?

Should his mother lose their £225,000 taxpayer-subsidised flat in Battersea?

[Ankou]

most local authority tenancy agreements state that all tenants – as well as anyone who lives with them or visits – are forbidden from a range of criminal and antisocial activities. serving the notice is the first stage in the legal process of eviction.

we must wait to see the outcome of any trial before speculating who said or did what and when to who.

[bednobs]

i have just read the article
1) he is not a child (as she suggests), he is a man
2) i am pleased that the police batonned him over the head - if only they'd done it to more of the looters!

[emmie]

Many seem to have been sight seeing, according to the papers, tv news, at least, but honestly why would anyone go there, stand around whilst a riot is taking place, it doesn't make sense. And council tenants, like any other have to sign an agreement, and that means that applies to all who live in the property. Not to disturb the peace, use the place for illegal purposes, etc, if that isn't adhered to, the council has the right to evict, though usually after repeated problems.

[bednobs]

plus i wonder which human right you're referring to?
she's perfectly able to rent somewhere else to live i guess

[Old_Geezer]

I have no idea if her child was part of the riot but I suspect, given that he was there whre it occurred, that is was a fair bet he was involved.

I don't know if he is the victim of police brutality, one can only hope not. However proving it would be difficult, one way or the other.

I do not think that someone should lose their home as a result of a diffrent family member being involved in a crime unrelated to the rented property, but apparently that unreasonable option is part of the agreement. Only the courts can rule on whether it is a fair clause.

But I also understand that they are way behind in the rent anyway, so one wonders why they are still there. Or indeed why a council is putting folk up in £¼ million flats that the rest of us couldn't afford, using our taxes to do so.

Lot of issues around what initially seems a single issue.

[Ankou]

old g, if you'd like to live in a £225k flat in battersea thats your choice. personally knowing battersea, i'd rather live in a beach hut as far away from it as possible.

[Davethedog]

Lets take the eviction, if they are evicted they will be homless so what happens next.

However as to the case: He is outside Currys in the middle of a riot and is an innocent victim, em10 has this right. He was there to loot otherwise why was he there.

Police brutality, I don't think so, they are fighting 10's of maybe 100's of rioters, they are not going to ask questions. My only question to the police would be why didn't you hit him harder. Logic says if you are innocent and the Police in riot gear are running towards you, you get out of the way.

I would speculate he was in the shop when the Cops arrived.

His mothers blind support shows why he thinks he can loot - I have no sympathy.

[emmie]

The biggest problem of all, is that if she is evicted where to go, some may say, don't care, but council policies are such that people who are homeless need to be housed, or that is my take on it, so they could move to another borough, throw themselves on the mercy of that council and probably be given another council property. DC said that perhaps they should rent in the private sector, and that they should have thought about the problems before doing the crime, but can't see that happening either.

[Ankou]

i presume if the son is conviceted and the eviction goes through (probably unlikely, but they served the notice just in case) then they wil have to move out and find somewhere else to live.

they will still be able to claim housing benefit, just not be put up in a council flat.

i'd be more narked at the salary for the chief exec at £242k per year, he got a nice £50k bonus wodge in july last year as well. i bet he could afford a couple of these flats.

[venator]

The police officer in the first picture is carrying a couple of very full bags, with a meaningful look on his face.

I wonder who had them, and what is in them?

Watch this space...

[sandyRoe]

Do local authorities rigorously enforce the regulations which state that the tenant, and their family, must do no wrong? If that is the case, then there'd have been a lot of unoccupied council properties the length and breadth of the UK.
This womans human rights may be infringed if she is threatened with eviction because of the alleged actions of her child.

[boxtops]

I just read that article on the bus, mum says he wasn't looting "he might have gone in there just for a look round" - yeah, right.

[Messi_Ten]

Ian Tomlinson was beaten to the ground and killed by police after the student protests. Looks like this kid was in the wrong place at the wrong time as well.